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The First Rainbow Coalition

Do you think we're going to have racial warfare? - I certainly see that coming. ♪ ♪ - We...

Do you think we're going to have racial warfare? - I certainly see that coming. ♪ ♪ - We need to teach the police, we are citizen and that
we deserve the same respect

Full Transcript

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- Do you think we're going to have racial warfare?
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- I certainly see that coming.
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♪ ♪
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- We need to teach the police,
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we are citizen and that we deserve the same respect.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:44
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.
- People are learning to struggle together. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
- People are learning to struggle together.
- If you say I'm black and I hate white people, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:14
- If you say I'm black and I hate white people,
[train wheels squeaking] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
[train wheels squeaking]
- When I was young, I did everything - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:45
- When I was young, I did everything
They were encountering a white ethnic population - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:47
They were encountering a white ethnic population
"We don't allow Puerto Ricans in this restaurant." - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:10
"We don't allow Puerto Ricans in this restaurant...
And the Young Lords went looking for the fight. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:41
And the Young Lords went looking for the fight.
[suspenseful ambient music] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:16
[suspenseful ambient music]
You didn't go into their community, - The First Rainbow Coalition 01:00
You didn't go into their community,
All: ♪ I'm working on the building ♪ - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:27
All: ♪ I'm working on the building ♪
I was a kid running the street. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:19
I was a kid running the street.
The green color is the Negro community - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
The green color is the Negro community
This area cannot take any Negroes - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
This area cannot take any Negroes
[crowd shouting] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:21
[crowd shouting]
Segregation in Chicago was locked in. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:30
Segregation in Chicago was locked in.
- From the Cook County Democratic Party - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:16
- From the Cook County Democratic Party
What Daley did is not to challenge that on any leve, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:41
What Daley did is not to challenge that on any leve,
[applause] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:22
[applause]
- Oh, yes! - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:20
- Oh, yes!
Urban renewal was a racist plan - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:15
Urban renewal was a racist plan