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Fighting for
Latino Rights with the Young Lords
Former member of the Young Lords Party, Miguel Melendez, to Speak at
Trinity College
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Miguel Melendez, veteran 60s activist, author, and former member of
the Young Lords Party (the Puerto Rican counterpart to the Black
Panthers) will speak at Trinity College about his experience as an
activist and member of the organization in the 1960s. |
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Thursday, April 15th
6:30 p.m. – Reception/Refreshments and screening of 1969 footage
of the Puerto Rican Community in Hartford
7:30 p.m. – Speaker Miguel Melendez |
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Hamlin Hall on the Trinity College campus. |
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Melendez has recently published a book, We Took the Streets:
Fighting for Latino Rights with the Young Lords. He has also
received a Charles H. Revson Fellowship on the Future of the City
of New York at Columbia University. The public is invited to
this free event, which is co-sponsored by the Hartford Studies
Project and Trinity College’s Office of Community and
Institutional Relations, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Austin
Arts Center, and the Office of Student Activities and Campus
Centers. For further information, contact Johanna Fernandez at
(860) 297-4026.
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