Tengo Lincoln Park en mi Corazón: Young Lords in Chicago

Tengo Lincoln Park en mi Corazón: Young Lords in Chicago explores the Young Lords Organization’s (YLO) trajectory in the Lincoln Park neighborhood amidst gentrification and urban renewal, which displaced the vibrant Puerto Rican community of the 1950s and 1960s. Originally a street gang, the Young Lords transformed into a prominent civil rights organization. The exhibition explores the origins of the movement, emphasizing the concept of counter-mapping as a means of activism and community empowerment. Counter-maps are cartographies that reveal the knowledge and resistance of communities, challenging historical displacement and invisibility imposed by traditional maps.

Tengo Lincoln Park en mi Corazón: Young Lords in Chicago is curated by DePaul University professor Jacqueline Lazú and organized by DePaul Art Museum.