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COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials

This collection features raw materials from the 2010 Freedom Archives production COINTELPRO 101.

Documents

War on America- The Puerto Rican Independence Movement War on America- The Puerto Rican Independence Movement
Call Number: C 10 042Format: Mini DVCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Documentary about the Puerto Rican Independence Movement & the FALN, the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (Armed Forces of National Liberation) of Puerto Rico.
José Lopez for COINTELPRO 101 José Lopez for COINTELPRO 101
Date: 12/27/2007Call Number: C 10 121Format: Mini DVCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Executive director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Humboldt Park and brother of Oscar Lopez Rivera, the only remaining FALN activist in prison.
José Lopez for COINTELPRO 101 José Lopez for COINTELPRO 101
Date: 12/27/2007Call Number: C 10 122Format: DVD-RCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Executive director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Humboldt Park and brother of Oscar Lopez Rivera, the only remaining FALN activist in prison.
José Lopez for COINTELPRO 101 José Lopez for COINTELPRO 101
Date: 12/27/2007Call Number: C 10 123Format: DVD-RCollection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Executive director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center in Humboldt Park and brother of Oscar Lopez Rivera, the only remaining FALN activist in prison.
Jose Lopez COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage Jose Lopez COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage
Call Number: C 10 129Collection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
José López is the executive director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center. Under his leadership, the PRCC has developed a number of initiatives in the Humboldt Park community, including an alternative high school, a parent child learning center and day care, a museum and cultural institution, a youth drop-in center and an HIV education and advocacy organization. He has also directed efforts in urban agriculture, promoting a community health curriculum among high school students and business endeavors among the Paseo Boricua district. He is a lifelong advocate for Puerto Rican Independence from the US and his brother, Oscar López Rivera, is a Puerto Rican Independentista and US political prisoner.