Editing Beltrán 2010 (section)

====Puerto Rican movement====
*Chicano activists mobilized at the same time as the Puerto Ricans
*Puerto Rican politics in the 1950s was dominated by moderates and middle class
*Rich history of political radicalism
*Cigar makers' influence
*Working class radicalism after WWII
*Massive immigration to the mainland shifted the political climate
*Calls for a radical transformation of US society while promoting independence of Puerto Rico
*Inspired by growing militancy in the world
*Organizations: Young Lords Party, Puerto Rican Socialist Party, El Comité-MINP, Puerto Rican Student Union, and more
*Young Lords left the most lasting legacy, captured public attention, 
**Small but heterogeneous portion of the community
**Former prison inmates, recovering addicts, college students, hospital workers, parents, Vietnam veterans
**They were a socialist organization
***People programs, with an active base in NY and the Northeast
**Bilingual paper Pa'lante
**Successful demonstrations (largest anti-colonial street demonstration)
**Cultural and political solidarity between African Americans and PR: Afro Carribeans, Afro-Boricuas
***Denise Oliver: leader of Young Lords resigned to join the BPP, showing the interconnected political and racial relationship between African Americans and PR