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The First Rainbow Coalition

Chicago police took 'em out. If they didn't want you around, you weren't gonna be around....

Chicago police took 'em out. If they didn't want you around, you weren't gonna be around. And that's the way it worked back then, and it was scary. I went home and got my gun out,
and I sat there

Full Transcript

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- Chicago police took 'em out.
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If they didn't want you around,
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you weren't gonna be around.
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And that's the way it worked back then,
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and it was scary.
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I went home and got my gun out, and I sat there.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:59
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Nantes Media, LLC,ITVS,Black Public Media,Latino Public Broadcasting

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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.
- When Fred Hampton was killed around 4:00 in the morning, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:11
- When Fred Hampton was killed around 4:00 in the morning,
People from all over the city came to be witnesses - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:17
People from all over the city came to be witnesses
- Government couldn't make him and couldn't destroy him. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
- Government couldn't make him and couldn't destro...
- I recall Jesse Jackson speaking. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
- I recall Jesse Jackson speaking.
- I tried to--tried to not show any emotion, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:10
- I tried to--tried to not show any emotion,
- When he finished, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
- When he finished,
A lot of people underestimated what the government would o - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:16
A lot of people underestimated what the government would o
- I am personally grieved over the death of Fred Hampton - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:09
- I am personally grieved over the death of Fred Hampton
So it is that those who are symbolic - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:12
So it is that those who are symbolic
- They sprayed this wall with .30-caliber machine gun fire. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:17
- They sprayed this wall with .30-caliber machine gun fire...
- All indications to me, personally, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
- All indications to me, personally,
These bumbling police officers that carried that out, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:11
These bumbling police officers that carried that out,
- I said that - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:32
- I said that
They were killing the whole movement. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:04
They were killing the whole movement.
[ethereal ambient music] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:29
[ethereal ambient music]
So it was a down time, man. It was bad. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
So it was a down time, man. It was bad.
[train creaking] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:31
[train creaking]
And that he was... - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
And that he was...
And that's why I knew I had to come, you know, here. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:10
And that's why I knew I had to come, you know, here.
And Cha Cha coming behind, Rainbow Coalition Part 2. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:04
And Cha Cha coming behind, Rainbow Coalition Part 2.