Palante, Volume 3, Number 3: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A copy of Palante newspaper, volume 3, number 3 with a blue background and a photograph on the front cover. The photograph features six people, the leaders of the Young Lords Party, including Juan Gonzalez, Juan "Fi" Ortiz, Gloria Gonzalez, Denise Oliver, David Perez, and Pablo "Yoruba" Guzman in front of a Puerto Rican flag. At the top of front is the mast head, outlined in black, with black text that reads: [PALANTE / 25 / cents / LATIN REVOLUTIONARY NEWS SERVICE / YOUNG LORDS PARTY]. The mast head features a silhouette of the logo of the Young Lords Party on the right side. The logo includes text: [TENGO PUERTO RICO / EN MI / CORAZON / YLP], translated as "I have Puerto Rico in my heart." The bottom fourth of the front is a caption listing the people in the image, as well as the volume and number, with a featured article title. The interior has black type and consists of twenty-three pages. The newspaper contains articles in both English and Spanish.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: February 1971
• Published by: Young Lords Party, American, founded 1969
• Subject of: Palante, 1970 - 1972
• Subject of: Juan González, born 1947
• Subject of: Denise Oliver, American, 1947 - 2026
• Subject of: Juan Fi Ortiz
• Subject of: Gloria Gonzalez, Puerto Rican
• Subject of: David Perez
• Subject of: Pablo "Yoruba" Guzmán, American, born 1951
• Type: newspapers
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 17 1/8 × 11 5/8 × 1/8 in. (43.5 × 29.5 × 0.3 cm)
• Place made: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Cultural Place: Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Decolonization
• Topic: Multilingual communication
• Topic: Political organizations
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: U.S. History, 1969-2001
• Object number: 2014.109.7.10
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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