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Embrace the spirit of the Young Lords with my powerful minimal design. Elevate your style with my exclusive T-shirt and apparel collection, paying homage to the iconic Bronx activists. Stand out in fashion that reflects the enduring legacy and resilience of the Young Lords."

Embrace the spirit of the Young Lords with my powerful minimal design. Elevate your style with my exclusive T-shirt and apparel collection, paying homage to the iconic Bronx activists. Stand out in fashion that reflects the enduring legacy and resilience of the Young Lords."

Embrace the spirit of the Young Lords with my powerful minimal design. Elevate your style with my exclusive T-shirt and apparel collection, paying homage to the iconic Bronx activists. Stand out in fashion that reflects the enduring legacy and resilience of the Young Lords."

Fighting for the rights of Latinx people in the barrios of Chicago, 1971

Denise Oliver-Velez is currently an adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Women’s Studies at SUNY New Paltz, and is a Contributing Editor for the progressive political blog Daily Kos. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, she currently lives in New York's Hudson Valley on a small farm with her husband, dogs, cats and roosters; growing garlic and roses, and spending time with her hobby of African-American genealogical research, when she isn't teaching or blogging or registering voters. She has been a political activist and community organizer, was in the Civil Rights movement, women's movement, and AIDS activism movement, and was a member of both the Young Lords Party and the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She wo...

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Denise Oliver-Velez is currently an adjunct Professor of Anthropology and Women’s Studies at SUNY New Paltz, and is a Contributing Editor for the progressive political blog Daily Kos. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1947, she currently lives in New York's Hudson Valley on a small farm with her husband, dogs, cats and roosters; growing garlic and roses, and spending time with her hobby of African-American genealogical research, when she isn't teaching or blogging or registering voters. She has been a political activist and community organizer, was in the Civil Rights movement, women's movement, and AIDS activism movement, and was a member of both the Young Lords Party and the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She wo...