In 1969, with the support of pastor Rev. Bruce Johnson, Jiménez and the Young Lords occupied the Armitage Avenue Methodist Church on Armitage Avenue at Dayton Street—renaming it the People's ...
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, chair of the Young Lords, stands June 11, 1969, in front of the Armitage Methodist Church, which the group occupied for four days to protest city orders stopping them ...