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The First Rainbow Coalition

Poor people power! Poor people power! - Whether you're from thesouth, north, east, or...

[crowd chanting] Poor people power! Poor people power! - Whether you're from the
south, north, east, or west, whether you're a Negro,
hillbilly, or Yankee, we're gonna stand here
and fight together

Full Transcript

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[crowd chanting] Poor people power!
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Poor people power!
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- Whether you're from the south, north, east, or west,
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whether you're a Negro, hillbilly, or Yankee,
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we're gonna stand here and fight together.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:44
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.
Mr. Daley can take his money and his machine, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
Mr. Daley can take his money and his machine,
[cheers and applause] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
[cheers and applause]
I think the trouble has already come - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
I think the trouble has already come
[crowd shouting and chanting] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
[crowd shouting and chanting]
These are communities who are struggling - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:18
These are communities who are struggling
[grim ambient music] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:20
[grim ambient music]
They were meant to scare the police, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:13
They were meant to scare the police,
- This was a complete challenge to the structure, you know? - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
- This was a complete challenge to the structure, you know?
It wasn't saying, "Let us in." - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:10
It wasn't saying, "Let us in."
We didn't want in, so he didn't have a handle on us. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:17
We didn't want in, so he didn't have a handle on...
- The Red Squad, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:22
- The Red Squad,
We were at this particular rally. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:08
We were at this particular rally.
So from the front of the room, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:24
So from the front of the room,
[dreamy ambient music] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:20
[dreamy ambient music]
Here's the state's attorney. He can-- - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:13
Here's the state's attorney. He can--
- They are brutalizing their own neighbors. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:04
- They are brutalizing their own neighbors.
- They were not criminals - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
- They were not criminals
It allowed the police department to chase them - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:13
It allowed the police department to chase them
- Reverend Bruce Johnson was the pastor of the churh - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:09
- Reverend Bruce Johnson was the pastor of the churh
- And we're already begun taking in applications - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
- And we're already begun taking in applications