Young Patriots Organization

Young Patriots Organization
AbbreviationYPO
Founded1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Dissolved1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Succeeded byPatriot Party
HeadquartersUptown, Chicago, U.S.
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
Party flag

The Young Patriots Organization (YPO) was an American leftist organization of mostly White Southerners from Uptown, Chicago. Originating in 1968 and active until 1973, the organization was designed to support young, white migrants from the Appalachia region who experienced extreme poverty and discrimination.[1][2] The organization promoted Southern culture and used a Confederate battle flag as a symbol.[2][3] Along with the Illinois Black Panther Party and the Young Lords, the Young Patriots Organization formed the Rainbow Coalition, a group of allied but racially separate organizations each focused on helping with issues of poverty and discrimination among their local community while working together towards internationalist and anti-capitalist goals.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Chuck Armsbury with the Patriot Party" (PDF). It's About Time: Black Panther Party and Legacy. Fall 2002. p. 13. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Krzywy, Martin Alexander (September 16, 2019). "Chicago's White Appalachian Poor and the Rise of the Young Patriots Organization". Journal of African American Studies. 23 (4): 364–388. doi:10.1007/s12111-019-09438-6. ISSN 1559-1646. S2CID 204360801 – via SpringerLink.
  3. ^ Abraham, Judson (2021-04-01). "No Justification for a "Symbol of Counterrevolution": Toward an Intersectional Reading of the Confederate Flag". New Political Science. 43 (2): 154–170. doi:10.1080/07393148.2021.1900691. ISSN 0739-3148. S2CID 233580621.
  4. ^ Rivera, Marisol V.; Jeffries, Judson L. (December 2019). "From Radicalism to Representation: Jose 'Cha Cha' Jimenez's Journey into Electoral Politics". Journal of African American Studies. 23 (4). New York City: Springer: 299–319. doi:10.1007/s12111-019-09446-6. ISSN 1559-1646. S2CID 210452425 – via SpringerLink.
  5. ^ Middlebrook, Jeb Aram (December 2019). "Organizing a Rainbow Coalition of Revolutionary Solidarity". Journal of African American Studies. 23 (4). New York City: Springer: 405–434. doi:10.1007/s12111-019-09454-6. ISSN 1559-1646.