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The First Rainbow Coalition

Do something for somebody." And that's pretty muchhow simple it is, man

Do something for somebody." And that's pretty much
how simple it is, man

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Do something for somebody."
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And that's pretty much how simple it is, man.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:55
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.
- He didn't really see skin color. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:30
- He didn't really see skin color.
I think that's the checkpoint - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
I think that's the checkpoint
- The Young Patriots in Chicago - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:31
- The Young Patriots in Chicago
- On December 4, 1972, I ended up turning myself in, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:20
- On December 4, 1972, I ended up turning myself in,
[heartening ambient music] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:43
[heartening ambient music]
- The entire black community revolted - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
- The entire black community revolted
- There's nothing I hate worse than defeat, Bob, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
- There's nothing I hate worse than defeat, Bob,
But you can't, uh-- you can't, uh, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
But you can't, uh-- you can't, uh,
- That began a fracturing of the grip - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:13
- That began a fracturing of the grip
- When the curtain comes down, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:09
- When the curtain comes down,
[train creaking and clattering] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:12
[train creaking and clattering]
The concept helped elect Harold Washington - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:15
The concept helped elect Harold Washington
- The Rainbow Coalition, it presented a possibility. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
- The Rainbow Coalition, it presented a possibility.
You know, it gave us a vision for what could be - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:15
You know, it gave us a vision for what could be
- They are the members of what Jesse Jackson calls - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:35
- They are the members of what Jesse Jackson calls
Racial profiling has to stop, Mr. Speaker. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
Racial profiling has to stop, Mr. Speaker.
Just because someone wears a hoodie - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:16
Just because someone wears a hoodie
Clearly that didn't happen, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:09
Clearly that didn't happen,
It's still in the psychic memory of people in Chicag. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:10
It's still in the psychic memory of people in Chicag.
We made a better community. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:44
We made a better community.