WBAI PRODUCERS HONORED WITH YOUNG LORDS STREET NAMING
- NYC 07/25/2014 by Howard Jordan of WBAIs Jordan Journal

"The Young Lords Party in Chicago and  New York, created our own political, educational, economic, and radically cultural impact on this society, still felt today." -Micky Melendez

On July 26 at 1 pm, the 45th Anniversary of the founding of this activist organization a new street sign will be unveiled in East Harlem, "Young Lords Way" on the corner of 111th Street and Lexington Ave. 

Since The Jordan Journal is preempted for fundraising during the next two weeks I figured I would share this instant flashback of an interview I did with Mickey Melendez (WBAI producer of Con Sabor Latino) one of the founders of The Young Lords on his book entitled We Took the Streets: Fighting for Latino Rights with the Young Lords, while a bit old, it provides one view of this short-lived group that is a historical landmark on the timeline of the  U.S, Puerto Rican experience. Congratulations to Mickey Melendez, Juan Gonzalez, Felipe Luciano (forner producer of WBAI's Wake Up Call), Iris Morales, Luis Garden Acosta, Panama Alba, Geraldo Rivera, and our heart, the beloved late Richie Perez.  It will be called the "Young Lords Way" and you guys and gals did it your way."

Listen to the interview here:  http://bit.ly/WIAL7Z

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