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The First Rainbow Coalition

- People were confused. There was chaos. People didn't know which way to go. People began...

[ethereal ambient music] - People were confused. There was chaos. People didn't know which way to go. People began to turn on each other. And it forced us as an organization to completely go underground. ♪ ♪ - If Cha Cha is underground, Fred dead, they created the nexus

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- People were confused. There was chaos.
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People didn't know which way to go.
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People began to turn on each other.
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And it forced us as an organization
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to completely go underground.
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♪ ♪
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- If Cha Cha is underground, Fred dead,
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they created the nexus.
Duration
29 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:33
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.
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.
- Mr. Robert E. Lee, sir. [laughs] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:11
- Mr. Robert E. Lee, sir. [laughs]
- How Fred would say it, you can kill a revolutionary - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
- How Fred would say it, you can kill a revolutionary
You know, they're in the room. - Mm-hmm. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
You know, they're in the room. - Mm-hmm.
- You know, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
- You know,
[laughter] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:17
[laughter]
I just wanted to know, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
I just wanted to know,
- Just keep serving the people, man. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:04
- Just keep serving the people, man.
You know, for just three or four hours a day, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
You know, for just three or four hours a day,
You know, like my mom would say, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
You know, like my mom would say,
Do something for somebody." - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
Do something for somebody."
- 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]