CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago activist and organizer José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, who transformed the Young Lords from a Lincoln Park neighborhood street gang into a civil and human rights activist ...
Jiménez, an advocate for his village, was known for being the creator and founder of the Young Lords Organization at Lincoln Park, one of Chicago’s top underserved urban neighborhoods.
José ''Cha Cha'' Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. He was 76.