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The Arrest
Thirteen young lords including 5 women were all beaten and arrested inside First Spanish Methodist Church in East Harlem after making request to use space for breakfast program. -
Church take over
Young Lords take over the Church, name it the People's Church, and begin an 11-day occupation. They establish free breakfast and clothing programs, health services, a day-care center, a liberation school, community dinners, poetry and films. Thousands of supporters attend activities - it was a defining moment. -
Arrest at Church
Police arrest 106 Young Lords and supporters at People's Church. -
¨Palante¨
Chicago and New York Young Lords split. New York YLO changes name to Young Lords Party and begins to publish PALANTE, a bilingual newspaper. -
Hospital take over
YLP takes over Lincoln Hospital for about 12 hours and demands door-to-door preventive health services, maternal and child care, drug addition care, senior citizens' services, grievance table, and increased minimum wage for hospital workers.
