Tensions across the city of Chicago among the African American and Latinx communities came to a head in the fall of 1968. During that time, Harrison High was one of many schools with students demanding better education, but it was one of the most influential.

The life, community organizing, political career, and untimely death of Mexican American activist Rudy Lozano.

Using the model of the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords, a Puerto Rican civil rights and community organization founded in September 1968, prioritized change in their local communities.