We Took the Streets : Fighting for Latino Rights with the Young Lords

Foreword by Jose Torres xi 1 After Thirty Years 1(19) 2 Beginnings 20(34) 3 Opening My Eyes 54(34) 4 Nobody Likes Garbage 88(24) 5 The First People's Church 112(18) 6 The Underground 130(18) 7 The Hijack 148(14) 8 "The Butcher Shop"-Lincoln Hospital 162(17) 9 The Second People's Church 179(10) 10 The Rise and Fall of the Young Lords Party 189(10) 11 The Seizure of the Statue of Liberty 199(14) 12 Sleeping with My Eyes Open 213(10) Epilogue 223(8) Appendix Rules of Discipline of the Young Lords Party 231(3) The Young Lords Party: 13-Point Program and Platform (October 1969) 234(4) The Young Lords Party: 13-Point Program and Platform (revised May 1970) 238(4) Acknowledgments 242(5) Index 247