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The First Rainbow Coalition

Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities. A timely story of collective action, The First Rainbow Coalition tells this little-known chronicle of political struggle with insight and urgency using archival footage and interviews with those who lived it.

Director

Ray Santisteban

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Nantes Media, LLC,ITVS,Black Public Media,Latino Public Broadcasting

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Homepage

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/the-first-rainbow-coalition/

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[suspenseful music] - The First Rainbow Coalition

[suspenseful music]

- If you're white,
you're right. - The First Rainbow Coalition

- If you're white, you're right.

- Well, like I said,
there's a place for them. - The First Rainbow Coalition

- Well, like I said, there's a place for them.

- In Chicago,
we have no ghetto - The First Rainbow Coalition

- In Chicago, we have no ghetto

- Chicago has
the largest concentration - The First Rainbow Coalition

- Chicago has the largest concentration

- Do you think we're
going to have racial warfare? - The First Rainbow Coalition

- Do you think we're going to have racial warfare?

- People are learning
to struggle together. - The First Rainbow Coalition

- People are learning to struggle together.

- If you say I'm black
and I hate white people, - The First Rainbow Coalition

- If you say I'm black and I hate white people,

[train wheels squeaking] - The First Rainbow Coalition

[train wheels squeaking]

- When I was young,
I did everything - The First Rainbow Coalition

- When I was young, I did everything

They were encountering
a white ethnic population - The First Rainbow Coalition

They were encountering a white ethnic population

"We don't allow Puerto Ricans
in this restaurant." - The First Rainbow Coalition

"We don't allow Puerto Ricans in this restaurant...

And the Young Lords
went looking for the fight. - The First Rainbow Coalition

And the Young Lords went looking for the fight.

[suspenseful ambient music] - The First Rainbow Coalition

[suspenseful ambient music]

You didn't
go into their community, - The First Rainbow Coalition

You didn't go into their community,

All: ♪ I'm working
on the building ♪ - The First Rainbow Coalition

All: ♪ I'm working on the building ♪

I was a kid
running the street. - The First Rainbow Coalition

I was a kid running the street.

The green color
is the Negro community - The First Rainbow Coalition

The green color is the Negro community

This area
cannot take any Negroes - The First Rainbow Coalition

This area cannot take any Negroes

[crowd shouting] - The First Rainbow Coalition

[crowd shouting]

Segregation in Chicago
was locked in. - The First Rainbow Coalition

Segregation in Chicago was locked in.

- From the Cook County
Democratic Party - The First Rainbow Coalition

- From the Cook County Democratic Party

What Daley did is not to
challenge that on any leve, - The First Rainbow Coalition

What Daley did is not to challenge that on any leve,

[applause] - The First Rainbow Coalition

- Oh, yes! - The First Rainbow Coalition

Urban renewal
was a racist plan - The First Rainbow Coalition

Urban renewal was a racist plan

This is the aim
of the present administration - The First Rainbow Coalition

This is the aim of the present administration

So to prove our point, - The First Rainbow Coalition

So to prove our point,

I wasn't doing anything. - The First Rainbow Coalition

I wasn't doing anything.

Police everywhere
aggravating everybody. - The First Rainbow Coalition

Police everywhere aggravating everybody.

And we knew that
we could either give up - The First Rainbow Coalition

And we knew that we could either give up

Who do I complain to? - The First Rainbow Coalition

Who do I complain to?

[gunfire and sirens wailing] - The First Rainbow Coalition

[gunfire and sirens wailing]

[foreboding music] - The First Rainbow Coalition

[foreboding music]

That was Daley. - The First Rainbow Coalition

That was Daley.

- The Democratic Convention, - The First Rainbow Coalition

- The Democratic Convention,

- See, one of the things - The First Rainbow Coalition

- See, one of the things

We're gonna be patriotic
to the community, - The First Rainbow Coalition

We're gonna be patriotic to the community,

That's our way
of being patriotic. - The First Rainbow Coalition

That's our way of being patriotic.

- We're not
a racist organization - The First Rainbow Coalition

- We're not a racist organization

- Fred was
such a powerful speaker - The First Rainbow Coalition

- Fred was such a powerful speaker

We want freedom. - The First Rainbow Coalition

We want freedom.

We want true education,
decent housing. - The First Rainbow Coalition

We want true education, decent housing.

- Everybody
in the state of Illinois - The First Rainbow Coalition

- Everybody in the state of Illinois

- For all of us in the party, - The First Rainbow Coalition

- For all of us in the party,

- We, the Black Panther Party, - The First Rainbow Coalition

- We, the Black Panther Party,

- You could touch Fred.
He was a servant leader. - The First Rainbow Coalition

- You could touch Fred. He was a servant leader.

- Fred came to me,
as his field secretary, - The First Rainbow Coalition

- Fred came to me, as his field secretary,

I need you
to be my security man." - The First Rainbow Coalition

I need you to be my security man."

We come here
with our hearts open - The First Rainbow Coalition

We come here with our hearts open

You want us
to take the berets off, man, - The First Rainbow Coalition

You want us to take the berets off, man,

- There were a lot
of suspicions - The First Rainbow Coalition

- There were a lot of suspicions

I see some guys
with Confederate flag patche. - The First Rainbow Coalition

I see some guys with Confederate flag patche.

- These buildings are not fit
for dogs to live in, - The First Rainbow Coalition

- These buildings are not fit for dogs to live in,

What we need is understanding
among the people, - The First Rainbow Coalition

What we need is understanding among the people,

[applause] - The First Rainbow Coalition

- Bob Lee turned out to be
quite an organizer. - The First Rainbow Coalition

- Bob Lee turned out to be quite an organizer.

We said,
"You gotta be kidding me!" - The First Rainbow Coalition

We said, "You gotta be kidding me!"

- Right on, well, the first
thing we talk about now - The First Rainbow Coalition

- Right on, well, the first thing we talk about now

That was a good meeting. - The First Rainbow Coalition

That was a good meeting.

It was a good start
to a coalition. - The First Rainbow Coalition

It was a good start to a coalition.

The very next day,
it came out in the news - The First Rainbow Coalition

The very next day, it came out in the news

- We called
a coalition meeting... - The First Rainbow Coalition

- We called a coalition meeting...

- The Rainbow Coalition
was about uniting communities - The First Rainbow Coalition

- The Rainbow Coalition was about uniting communities

You ain't gonna change it - The First Rainbow Coalition

You ain't gonna change it

But the fastest way
to change that - The First Rainbow Coalition

But the fastest way to change that

Housing issues,
police brutality, - The First Rainbow Coalition

Housing issues, police brutality,

Poor white people - The First Rainbow Coalition

Poor white people

- That flag meant
blood and murder. - The First Rainbow Coalition

- That flag meant blood and murder.

Everybody gets uptight - The First Rainbow Coalition

Everybody gets uptight

- So you had some Panthers
that couldn't handle it, man. - The First Rainbow Coalition

- So you had some Panthers that couldn't handle it, man...

- We always had the flag. - The First Rainbow Coalition

- We always had the flag.

The contradiction
makes people think. - The First Rainbow Coalition

The contradiction makes people think.

You first respect - The First Rainbow Coalition

You first respect

- We started
going around with him. - The First Rainbow Coalition

- We started going around with him.

- We say to pig Daley,
hammerhead Hanrahan, - The First Rainbow Coalition

- We say to pig Daley, hammerhead Hanrahan,

- Class consciousness
cuts across - The First Rainbow Coalition

- Class consciousness cuts across

For poor white people
to be working - The First Rainbow Coalition

For poor white people to be working

We're gonna fight racism
not with racism, - The First Rainbow Coalition

We're gonna fight racism not with racism,

- This was during the peak
of the Black Power era. - The First Rainbow Coalition

- This was during the peak of the Black Power era.

And in order
to eliminate racism, - The First Rainbow Coalition

And in order to eliminate racism,

- Children were
going to school hungry, - The First Rainbow Coalition

- Children were going to school hungry,

Instead of just asking people
for something, - The First Rainbow Coalition

Instead of just asking people for something,

We're out there every day
and educating. - The First Rainbow Coalition

We're out there every day and educating.

And I think the Black
Panther Party is doing tha. - The First Rainbow Coalition

And I think the Black Panther Party is doing tha.

We talked about
Fred Hampton a lot. - The First Rainbow Coalition

We talked about Fred Hampton a lot.

[crowd chanting]
Poor people power! - The First Rainbow Coalition

[crowd chanting] Poor people power!

Mr. Daley can take his money
and his machine, - The First Rainbow Coalition

Mr. Daley can take his money and his machine,

[cheers and applause] - The First Rainbow Coalition

[cheers and applause]

I think the trouble
has already come - The First Rainbow Coalition

I think the trouble has already come

The First Rainbow Coalition poster

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Americans, Latinos, and poor whites to confront police brutality and unfair housing practices in one of America’s most segregated cities. A timely story of collective action, The First Rainbow Coalition tells this little-known chronicle of political struggle with insight and urgency using archival footage and interviews with those who lived it.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Ray Santisteban

Writer: N/A

Production: Nantes Media, LLC,ITVS,Black Public Media,Latino Public Broadcasting

Genre: documentary

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 24 Oct 2019

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

Homepage: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/the-first-rainbow-coalition/