The Center for Latino Research presents two photo exhibits for Fall Quarter in the Richardson Library. The collections will be displayed in the Haber Lounge on the first floor, and are entitled:

"Radicals in Black & Brown: Palante, People's Power, and Common Cause in the Black Panthers and the Young Lords Organization" and "Chicago's Original Rainbow Coalition 1969-1975: the Young Lords Organization, the Black Panthers, and Rising Up Angry."

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This exhibit will run from September 19, 2008, through January 12, 2009, and will be the subject matter for film screenings and lectures throughout the quarter. Please join us in the Richardson Library on Friday, September 19th, at 6:00pm for the opening reception.   

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DePaul Univeristy Co-Sponsers: The Center for Black Diaspora, The Cultural Center, the Egan Urban Center, University Libraries, and the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity

1.  Photographer: Carlos Flores, photo courtesy of Carlos Flores Collection.  Photo taken on the corner of Wilton and Grace in 1975, 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez talking to crowd at a Young Lord Rally.

2.  Photographer: unknown, photo courtesy of Archives of Michael James, Rising Up Angry and Heartland Journal.  Photo taken outside WTTW at a press conference on the 1 year anniversary of Martin Luther Jr.'s assassination.  The groups include the Young Lords Organization, the Black Panther Party, the Young Patriots, and Rising Up Angry.  The first three groups (the Young Lords Organization and the Black Panther Party) made up of the Rainbow Coalition and hosted the press conference to call on their communities to quell riots and racial violence.