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The First Rainbow Coalition

I need you to be my security man." ♪ ♪ - They were poor, man. Uptown was a slum. You could...

I need you to be my security man." ♪ ♪ - They were poor, man. Uptown was a slum. You could smell it. See, you could smell a slum. ♪ ♪ - We all went to
this community meeting with the JOIN organization

Full Transcript

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I need you to be my security man."
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♪ ♪
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- They were poor, man. Uptown was a slum.
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You could smell it.
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See, you could smell a slum.
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♪ ♪
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- We all went to this community meeting
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with the JOIN organization.
Duration
22 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:46
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.
We come here with our hearts open - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
We come here with our hearts open
You want us to take the berets off, man, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:04
You want us to take the berets off, man,
- There were a lot of suspicions - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:12
- There were a lot of suspicions
I see some guys with Confederate flag patche. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
I see some guys with Confederate flag patche.
- These buildings are not fit for dogs to live in, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
- These buildings are not fit for dogs to live in,
What we need is understanding among the people, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:09
What we need is understanding among the people,
[applause] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:22
[applause]
- Bob Lee turned out to be quite an organizer. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:13
- Bob Lee turned out to be quite an organizer.
We said, "You gotta be kidding me!" - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
We said, "You gotta be kidding me!"
- Right on, well, the first thing we talk about now - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
- Right on, well, the first thing we talk about now
That was a good meeting. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
That was a good meeting.
It was a good start to a coalition. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:12
It was a good start to a coalition.
The very next day, it came out in the news - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:18
The very next day, it came out in the news
- We called a coalition meeting... - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:33
- We called a coalition meeting...
- The Rainbow Coalition was about uniting communities - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:28
- The Rainbow Coalition was about uniting communities
You ain't gonna change it - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
You ain't gonna change it
But the fastest way to change that - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
But the fastest way to change that
Housing issues, police brutality, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:20
Housing issues, police brutality,
Poor white people - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:10
Poor white people
- That flag meant blood and murder. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:08
- That flag meant blood and murder.