19901980s NEWS
Reunion of radical Hispanic group/ 20 years later they discuss the long lasting positive improvements the group mad on the Puerto Rican Community.
Original Broadcast Date: 1-9-90
The Young Lords started in 1960 in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood as a Puerto Rican turf gang. On September 23, 1968, Jose Cha Cha Jimenez reorganized them and formed the Young Lords as a national political and civil rights movement. The new community-wide movement then spread to nearly 30 cities, including three branches in New York, which at the time served as the entry point for 90% of Puerto Ricans. In addition, the Young Lords began operating free programs for the community. In addition to their support for Puerto Ricos' independence, all Latino nations, and oppressed nations of the world, the Young Lords also supported neighborhood empowerment.
Original Broadcast Date: 1-9-90
The Young Lords started in 1960 in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood as a Puerto Rican turf gang. On September 23, 1968, Jose Cha Cha Jimenez reorganized them and formed the Young Lords as a national political and civil rights movement. The new community-wide movement then spread to nearly 30 cities, including three branches in New York, which at the time served as the entry point for 90% of Puerto Ricans. In addition, the Young Lords began operating free programs for the community. In addition to their support for Puerto Ricos' independence, all Latino nations, and oppressed nations of the world, the Young Lords also supported neighborhood empowerment.
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Title card: The Eleventh Hour #292 Young Lords
Rec: 1/9/90 Dir: Andrew Wyth |
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B&W footage with narration by Robert Lipsyte. The Chicago based street gang, the Young Lords, seizing a church - 20 years ago.
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People in pews singing in church
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Funding for the program announced and overlays show graphics.
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The Eleventh Hour show graphics and opening.
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Host Robert Lipsyte in the studio introduces the program topic, the '60's street gang, "The Young Lords". He welcomes the audience
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January 8, 1970 B&W footage of the Latino (Puerto Rican) gang being arrested for seizing the First Spanish Methodist Church in the Bario of Manhattan. The gang walks proudly out of the church with fists raised, past the police and into the waiting police bus.
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Flash forward to present day, 1990. Color footage ext. Spanish Methodist Church . Interior of the church - the congregation at mass. Rev. Homero Vallejo at the pulpit welcomes The Young Lords back.
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Two men taking photos with a vintage hand held moving camera and a circa 1990 35 mm.
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Group shot of the Young Lords, men and women 1990.
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B&W archival footage the Young Lords marching down city streets carrying flags - in their fight and struggle for social justice in the Latino community.
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Two of the Young Lords inside the Spanish Methodist Church sitting in front of the alter. A banner behind them reads "Bienvenidos A La Iglesia Del-Pueblo. Moyers unseen states the first time the Lords seized the church they saw it as underused and as a heart of a desperate community. The Lords announced they wanted to set up a food shelter. Outside the church crowds gathered and a Young Lord speaks to them.
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B&W footage of the Puerto Ricans inside the church clapping and chanting. The Lords had nailed it shut and opened "the People's Church". Scene of the people enjoying music, having a meal, happy kids gathering used clothing,
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The Young Lords being arrested. One of the Lords speaks to the folk and states that they have won, no matter what happens.
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A coffin being carried through a crowd of people holding their fists up in the air in defiance. Inside the church, the Lords are seen with rifles. Moyers unseen states that this was deemed the beginning of the end of the Young Lords.
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On the streets police with clubs run after (presumedly) young lords or factions.
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Present day, 20 years later, color footage. The parisheners and the Young Lords are gathered together. Micky Menendes, a former Lord member speaks to an unseen interviewer and state their intention was not to offend anyone, but to make a political and social statement.
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Parisheners of the congregation standing in pews of the First Spanish Methodist Church and singing
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Shots of former Young Lords members together greeting each other after twenty years.
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Former Lord Member, Luis Garden Acosts, delivering a sermon. CU's of the faces of former Young Lords, twenty years later. He states although strides have been made there is a long way to go. He talks about how the government gives no support for the hungry and homeless, therefore, they have to open their churches all over the City of New York to feed the helpless.
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ext. an abandoned church in the south side of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Sign above the door reads "El Fuente" meaning the "bridge". Inside a doctor is taking a patient's blood pressure, men are working out in the gym, a photography class and a dance class are taking place.
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Former Lord Member, Juan Gonzalez, talks with unseen interviewer maybe Lipsyte about how important the Young Lords were in the history of Puerto Rican existence in the U.S. as it was the first group to raise pride in being Puerto Rican.
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Footage of Puerto Ricans and African Americans in the sixties marching carrying flags down the streets, demonstrating, fists raised with pride.
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Puerto Rickan Borough President, Fernando Ferrer, Borough President speaks with unseen interviewer and states that all Puerto Ricans, should be more active and more involved in uplifting the quality of living in their community.
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Fade out and open on the Eleventh Hour studio. Robert Lipsyte sits with and introduces guests, former Chairman of the Young Lords and award winning newscaster and writer, Felipe Luciano; Juan Gonzalez, a columnist for the N.Y. Daily News; and Luis Garden Acosta, Director, "El Puente".
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Lipsyte announces that the Lords have a long standing rule not to appear with out a woman leader present and announces lawyer Iris Morales could not appear because she had to be in court. Felipo Morales discusses this twenty year rule and how it came about as a response to the machismo in the Puerto Rican culture that women were secondary.
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Juan Gonzalez discusses the influence the Lords have had in the area of healthcare for the Puerto Rican community in New York. He explains one of the most long lasting reforms that emerged from their work was how they exposed lead poison as a danger in East Harlem and other ghettos of the City by doing door to door lead poison detection programs. This resulted in the City Health Department removing lead. resulting in the city health department removing lead based heat from old structures.
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Luis Acosta talks about the changes in the neighborhood - he states that twenty years ago they took over a church to empower the Christian faith to act on behalf of its people. He talks about how now churches all across the city are working to empower this community.
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Luciano talks about the problems of today, they have homelessness, AIDS, violence, drug problems, high drop out rates. He talks about how there are institutions that still do not respond to the community and discusses the need to fill that vacuum - to educate, to reform, to enlighten.
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Lipsyte asks about why the group does better individually and points out that the group dissolved. Juan Gonzalez talks about how they all came from different neighborhoods and experiences and had a philosophy of the need to stay together as a group.
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They collectively discuss the factors that broke them up. Luciano talks about the tremendous problems they had with immaturity and jealousy, how to deal with power and the fact they were young. Gonzalez points out the media attention and their image.
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Lipsyte introduces a clip - a poetry excerpt from the young Pedro Pietri, "Puerto Rico Obituary". B&W footage of Pietro reciting his poem.
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Fade to current day, 1990, the poet Pedro Pietri passionately recites his poem live.
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Pietri's poetry reading ends. Fade out
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Lipsyte is back and introduces Mark Torres, Student Organizer and Natividad Ortega, a member of "El Puente". They discuss the Young Lords' legacy and what the Young Lords mean to them. Ortega gives examples of how the Young Lords can empower the people - she works with educating people in the community about AIDS and education, and the role of women in the Latino community.
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Mark Torres talks about the significance of the Young Lords. The fact that to accomplish anything in the community you have to be out there "where the people are, you have to hit the streets".
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Writer Felipe Luciano discusses how he remembers being one year into college and deciding not to continue his education in order to be on the streets. He discusses that unless organizations are committed to struggle and put "their bodies where their mouths were" they were just "spouting hot air". He states that the stats are still not good, they have the highest unemployment rates, homeless, highest murder rate - these areas must be attacked right now. But he says, "what to we do now?....."
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Luis Acosta, Director "El Puente" discusses that the Young Lords are still here today, the principles are there and enable them to continue then to move foreard.
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WS Lipsyte in the studio sitting with his six guests in a semi circle.
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Lipsyte introduces the El Puente Dance Ensemble, they perform Ruben Blade's, "Muevete" which means "move" - a call for Latino unity and progress.
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The all female Latino Dance Ensemble, El Puente, perform a dance routine to "Muevete".
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Show ends. Credits roll over dancers.
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Funding announced and overlays The Eleventh Hour graphics.
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