Historical Archives

• The Young Lords: A Radical History by Johanna Fernández (University of North Carolina Press)

• Palante: Young Lords Party by Young Lords Party and Michael Abramson (Haymarket Books reprint)

• The Young Lords: A Reader edited by Darrel Enck-Wanzer (NYU Press)

• Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976 by Iris Morales (Red Sugarcane Press)

• We Took the Streets: Fighting for Latino Rights with the Young Lords by Miguel "Mickey" Melendez (Barnes & Noble)

• The Young Lords: A Long Struggle for Liberation by José "Cha Cha" Jiménez (This is a self-published work; this Wikipedia entry provides information, as a direct purchase link is not consistently available.)

• DePaul University Library, "Young Lords Newspaper Collection" (Direct access to the Chicago-based newspaper.)

• New York University, Tamiment Library, "Palante: The Newspaper of the Young Lords Party" (Direct access to the New York-based newspaper.)

• Grand Valley State University, "Young Lords in Lincoln Park Collection" (A digital collection of documents, oral histories, and photos from the Chicago chapter.)

• Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College (This is a guide to their physical collection, which is one of the most significant.)

• Stanford University Libraries, "Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization (PRRWO) records" (The finding aid for the collection that documents the group's later phase.)

• NYU Libraries: Palante Digital Archive This is a complete, high-resolution digital collection of the Palante newspaper. You can read full issues, which include the Party's 13-Point Program, articles on their actions, and their positions on women's liberation, Puerto Rican independence, and socialism.

Link: https://dlib.nyu.edu/palante/

• The Marxist Internet Archive: Palante Collection This is an alternative text-based and PDF collection of Palante issues, which can be easier to read and search.

Link: https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/periodicals/palante/index.htm

• The 13-Point Program and Platform of the Young Lords Party This is the foundational political document of the YLP, modeled after the Black Panthers' 10-Point Program. It outlines their demands for self-determination, community control, and an end to racism and machismo.

Link: https://www2.iath.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Resources/Primary/Manifestos/Young_Lords_platform.html

• Young Lords Party: "Position Paper on Women" (1970) A critical document that emerged from the Party's internal Women's Caucus. It forced the YLP to officially adopt a stance against sexism ("Down with Machismo!") as a core part of their platform, a revolutionary move for its time.

Link: https://wams.nyhistory.org/growth-and-turmoil/feminism-and-the-backlash/fighting-machismo/ (This link from the New-York Historical Society explains the document and provides excerpts from Palante.)

• The 1970 Lincoln Hospital Takeover The YLP, along with community members, occupied Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx to protest dangerously poor healthcare. This action directly led to the creation of the first-ever Patient's Bill of Rights.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Lincoln_Hospital_takeover (This encyclopedic entry provides a detailed summary of the event with citations.)

• The First Spanish Methodist Church Occupation (1969) Before they were officially the "Party," the New York chapter occupied this East Harlem church for 11 days, renaming it "The People's Church." They ran a free breakfast program, a health clinic, and a liberation school.

Link: https://citylore.org/places/first-spanish-united-methodist-church-former/ (A historical profile of the building and the YLP's action.)

• Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College This is the primary archive for the Young Lords Party. While many records are physical, this digital "finding aid" is a detailed list and description of the entire collection, showing you exactly what records exist—from correspondence and meeting minutes to photographs by official YLP photographer Hiram Maristany.

Link: https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/centro-archives/guide-records-young-lords-new-york-inc

• "¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York" Exhibition This is the website for a major 2015 museum exhibition about the YLP. It provides a detailed history, photographs, and context for the Party's specific New York activities.

Link: https://bronxmuseum.org/exhibition/presente-the-young-lords-in-new-york/