The New York Young Lords and the Struggle for LiberationThe Young Lords was a multi ethnic, though primarily Nuyorican, liberation organization that formed in El Barrio (Spanish Harlem) in July of 1969. Responding to oppressive approaches to the health, educational, and political needs of the Puerto Rican community, the movements revolutionary activism included organized protests and sit ins targeting such concerns as trash pickups and lead paint hazards. The Young Lords advanced a thirteen point political