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The First Rainbow Coalition

- We didn't know that we were gonna be lifelong friend, but we've ended up being lifelong...

[laughter] - We didn't know that we were gonna be lifelong friend, but we've ended up being lifelong friends. ♪ ♪ - We're leaving pretty soon

Full Transcript

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- We didn't know that we were gonna be lifelong friend,
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but we've ended up being lifelong friends.
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♪ ♪
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- We're leaving pretty soon.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:20
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.
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]
- 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