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And I think the Black Panther Party is doing tha. - It was not
a disciplined organization but more of a symbolic
mass movement that was trying to bring in more and more people into the coalition. - The idea
of the Rainbow Coalition made a lot of sense to us
and we promoted that
a disciplined organization but more of a symbolic
mass movement that was trying to bring in more and more people into the coalition. - The idea
of the Rainbow Coalition made a lot of sense to us
and we promoted that
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And I think the Black
Panther Party is doing tha.
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- It was not
a disciplined organization
00:00:05.838 --> 00:00:08.939
but more of a symbolic
mass movement
00:00:09.991 --> 00:00:11.976
that was trying to bring in
more and more people
00:00:12.045 --> 00:00:13.911
into the coalition.
00:00:13.098 --> 00:00:17.148
- The idea
of the Rainbow Coalition
00:00:17.216 --> 00:00:20.384
made a lot of sense to us
and we promoted that.
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Movie Summary
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.