THE 1970 YOUNG LORDS TAKEOVER OF LINCOLN HOSPITAL
Photo Credit: Jack Manning, The New York Times.
At the Bronx Museum, Thursday, September 10th, hear from former members of the Young Lords who took part in the daring takeover of Lincoln Hospital. The Young Lords exposed the practices of medical racism by hospitals in poor communities and were instrumental in the creation of todays current Patients Bill of Rights in all NYC hospitals.
PALANTE!!!
1040 LOUNGE: THE YOUNG LORDS "PATIENT'S BILL OF RIGHTS"
Thursday, September 10, 6:30pm to 9:00pm
The Bronx Museum
1040 Grand Concourse
Bronx, New York 10456
(718) 681-6000
A Patient's Bill of Rights: Fighting for Community Health at Lincoln Hospital:
In the early morning hours of July 14th 1970, the Young Lords occupied Lincoln Hospital’s major administrative building in response to the city’s indifference to the health needs of Puerto Ricans and African Americans in the South Bronx and the deplorable conditions of health care delivery at Lincoln Hospital.
This panel will consider the prominence of health issues in the activism of the Young Lords, and the relevance of these historical struggles to contemporary health care debates. In conjunction with the current museum exhibition...
¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York .
Featuring panelists Walter Bosque, Felipe Luciano, Daniel Meyers, Carlito Rovira, and Cleo Silvers, and hosted by Johanna Fernández.
Free admission and refreshments (donations suggested)
Location: 2nd floor North Wing
Besides coming to this informative event with the key players, you may want to listen to this 13-minute audio documentary on the 1970 takeover that ran last year on WNYC: http://www.wnyc.org/
1972 Black Panther Party 10 Point Platform & Program
Point #6:
We want completely free health care for all Black and oppressed people.
We believe that the government must provide, free of charge, for the people, health facilities which will not only treat our illnesses, most of which have come about as a result of our oppression, but which will also develop preventative medical programs to guarantee our future survival. We believe that mass health education and research programs must be developed to give all Black and oppressed people access to advanced scientific and medical information, so we may provide ourselves with proper medical attention and care.
Public and Community Engagement Programs are made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation. "A Patient’s Bill of Rights: Fighting for Community Health at Lincoln Hospital" is made possible, in part, by the New York Council for the Humanities. Beer has been donated by Bronx Brewery.
GETTING HERE BY SUBWAY
D OR B TRAINS to the 167 STREET STATION. Exit at rear of station, walk south along Grand Concourse two blocks.
PLEASE NOTE: D Train stops all times except rush hours peak direction (6:15 am - 9 am to Manhattan, 4 pm - 6:45 pm from Manhattan). Take B Train at 145 St. to 167th St./ Grand Concourse.
4 TRAIN to the 161 STREET/YANKEE STADIUM STATION. Walk east three blocks to the Grand Concourse, then, walk north four blocks along Grand Concourse to 165th St.