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Cuando la basura se volvió protesta

In 1969 East Harlem, the Young Lords turned uncollected garbage into a receipt for unequal city services, forcing sanitation neglect into public view.

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  • The Young Lords connected sanitation neglect in East Harlem to unequal city service and public health conditions.
  • The Garbage Offensive used trash, brooms, and street action to make ignored neighborhood conditions visible.
  • The episode keeps the proof tied to LOC, MCNY, HISTORY/Johanna Fernández, and the local source-lock packet.
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Library of Congress: Young Lords Organization / Garbage Offensive timelineMuseum of the City of New York: Young Lords and the Garbage OffensiveHISTORY / Johanna Fernández: East Harlem sanitation neglect and Young Lords contextLocal source packet: Cuando la basura se volvió protestaYouTube Short
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