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Rhythm of Resistance: Bomba Music and The Young Lords
Clip: 10/11/2024 | 4m 17s
Bomba artist Ivelisse Diaz shares the connection between the Young Lords and Bomba music.
Puerto Rican Bomba artist and educator Ivelisse Diaz learned about the Young Lords Organization at an early age growing up in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. The connections between the activism of the Young Lords and Bomba music resonated immediately with Diaz, who performs with her ensemble La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón in front of old and new generations of the Young Lords alike.
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Chicago Stories
Rhythm of Resistance: Bomba Music and The Young Lords
Clip: 10/11/2024 | 4m 17s
Puerto Rican Bomba artist and educator Ivelisse Diaz learned about the Young Lords Organization at an early age growing up in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. The connections between the activism of the Young Lords and Bomba music resonated immediately with Diaz, who performs with her ensemble La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón in front of old and new generations of the Young Lords alike.
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