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                  Richie Perez

   Nuyorican Teacher... Young Lord... Activist. The Legacy of Richie Perez will continue fighting the system way beyond the last days of his physical existence on Earth.

Born to Boricua parents in 1944, this Banana Kelly neighborhood raised South Bronx man was faced with a choice... military induction (Vietnam era), work, or continue his education in college. Easy choice, the Nuyorican was accepted to Lehman College in the early 60's, as an economics/education majorAt this time, the Anti-War and Civil Rights Movements were just begining to blossom into full revolution. Wanting to avoid being sent to Vietnam, he took a teaching position at Monroe High School across the street from Bronx River Houses, teaching typing and stenography. This job was taken due to the fact that War Deferments were not being handed out to English majors or journalists, which he truly wanted to become.

During his time at Monroe HS, he began recruiting students for the Black Panther Party. Not until 1969 did he hear about a Latino group called, The Young Lords. After joinging the Lords, Perez would become thier Minister of Information and edit the party's newspaper. At age 25, he was one of the oldest member of the political party. A year later, he would open a Lords office in the Bronx, rallying gangs to bring notice to the poor system of health care up in the Bronx. Immunization truck takeovers and eventually the taking of Lincoln Hospital were all part of the plan to expose South Bronx health system falacies.
His time as part of the Young Lords would lead him on to more activism such as taking part in the Anti Bakke Decision, New York Commitee to free Puerto Rican Nationalist Prisoners, as well as founding and leading the Commitee against "Fort Apache : The Bronx" (the movie). The last 21 years of Richie's life would spent as Director of Political Development for the Community Service Society, fouding and co-chairing the Justice Commitee to work with communities in fighting the system against racially motivated murders commited by police brutality in the 80's (cases like that of Michael Stewart, Eleanor Bumpurs, Michael Griffiths and Yusuf Hawkins), and founding People's Justice 2000 in response to the killing of Amadou Diallo and the torturing of Abner Louima.

Richie Perez, a true Bronx legend, died of cancer March 26, 2004. He is survived by his wife Martha Laureano, son Danny, and his Mother Ann Perez.Nuyorican Teacher... Young Lord... Activist. The Legacy of Richie Perez will continue fighting the system way beyond the last days of his physical existence on Earth.

Born to Boricua parents in 1944, this Banana Kelly neighborhood raised South Bronx man was faced with a choice... military induction (Vietnam era), work, or continue his education in college. Easy choice, the Nuyorican was accepted to Lehman College in the early 60's, as an economics/education major.

At this time, the Anti-War and Civil Rights Movements were just begining to blossom into full revolution. Wanting to avoid being sent to Vietnam, he took a teaching position at Monroe High School across the street from Bronx River Houses, teaching typing and stenography. This job was taken due to the fact that War Deferments were not being handed out to English majors or journalists, which he truly wanted to become.

During his time at Monroe HS, he began recruiting students for the Black Panther Party. Not until 1969 did he hear about a Latino group called, The Young Lords. After joinging the Lords, Perez would become thier Minister of Information and edit the party's newspaper. At age 25, he was one of the oldest member of the political party. A year later, he would open a Lords office in the Bronx, rallying gangs to bring notice to the poor system of health care up in the Bronx. Immunization truck takeovers and eventually the taking of Lincoln Hospital were all part of the plan to expose South Bronx health system falacies.
His time as part of the Young Lords would lead him on to more activism such as taking part in the Anti Bakke Decision, New York Commitee to free Puerto Rican Nationalist Prisoners, as well as founding and leading the Commitee against "Fort Apache : The Bronx" (the movie). The last 21 years of Richie's life would spent as Director of Political Development for the Community Service Society, fouding and co-chairing the Justice Commitee to work with communities in fighting the system against racially motivated murders commited by police brutality in the 80's (cases like that of Michael Stewart, Eleanor Bumpurs, Michael Griffiths and Yusuf Hawkins), and founding People's Justice 2000 in response to the killing of Amadou Diallo and the torturing of Abner Louima.

Richie Perez, a true Bronx legend, died of cancer March 26, 2004. He is survived by his wife Martha Laureano, son Danny, and his Mother Ann Perez..