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[[File:Young Patriots.jpg|thumb|Young Patriots Organization (YPO) leader Bill Preacherman Fesperman (in cowboy hat), Black Panther Party leaders Fred Hampton, with arms akimbo, and Bobby Rush, with arms crossed, attend a downtown rally near the band shell of Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1969.]] | |||
The '''Young Patriots Organization''' or ('''YPO''') was an [[United States of America|American]] [[Leftism|leftist]] organization of mostly White Southerners from Uptown, Chicago. Originating in 1968 and active until 1973, the organization was designed to support young, white migrants from the Appalachia region who experienced extreme poverty, discrimination, and alienation. Along with the Illinois [[Black Panther Party]] and the [[Young Lords]], the Young Patriots Organization formed the [[Rainbow Coalition]], a group of allied but racially separate organizations each focused on helping with issues of poverty and discrimination, [[imperialism]], [[exploitation]], sexism etc. in their local community while working together towards anti-[[racist]] and [[socialist]] goals. | The '''Young Patriots Organization''' or ('''YPO''') was an [[United States of America|American]] [[Leftism|leftist]] organization of mostly White Southerners from Uptown, Chicago. Originating in 1968 and active until 1973, the organization was designed to support young, white migrants from the Appalachia region who experienced extreme poverty, discrimination, and alienation. Along with the Illinois [[Black Panther Party]] and the [[Young Lords]], the Young Patriots Organization formed the [[Rainbow Coalition]], a group of allied but racially separate organizations each focused on helping with issues of poverty and discrimination, [[imperialism]], [[exploitation]], sexism etc. in their local community while working together towards anti-[[racist]] and [[socialist]] goals. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Black Panther Party for Self-Defense]] | *[[Black Panther Party for Self-Defense]] | ||
[[Category:United States]] | [[Category:United States]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:42, 27 May 2024
The Young Patriots Organization or (YPO) was an American leftist organization of mostly White Southerners from Uptown, Chicago. Originating in 1968 and active until 1973, the organization was designed to support young, white migrants from the Appalachia region who experienced extreme poverty, discrimination, and alienation. Along with the Illinois Black Panther Party and the Young Lords, the Young Patriots Organization formed the Rainbow Coalition, a group of allied but racially separate organizations each focused on helping with issues of poverty and discrimination, imperialism, exploitation, sexism etc. in their local community while working together towards anti-racist and socialist goals.