Real Great Society
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title:
Real Great Society
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The Real Great Society (RGS) was a Puerto Rican youth collective created by activists Angelo
Gonzalez and Carlos ‘Chino’ García on New York City's Lower East Side in 1964. Its name was a reference to then-President Lyndon B Johnson’s Great Society. Its goal was to help residents of the poverty-stricken neighborhoods of New York City attain bottom-up self-sufficiency. In June 1967, RGS members created the University of the Streets, which one member described as an organization that would have "yo
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Puerto Rican youth collective in New York City
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Great_Society
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2023-09-27T21:03:12Z
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