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The 20-year-old chairman

The First Rainbow Coalition

The 20-year-old chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, Fred Hampto, was shot and...

The First Rainbow Coalition • 2019

The 20-year-old chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, Fred Hampto, was shot and killed
in a predawn shoot-out with state's attorney's police in his West Side apartment. Another party member, 22-year-old Mark Clark of Peoria, also died in the shoot-out. - Chicago police, COINTELPRO, Red Squad, they were all
collectively responsible for the murder
of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark and the wounding of others

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- The 20-year-old chairman

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of the Illinois Black Panther Party, Fred Hampto,

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was shot and killed in a predawn shoot-out

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with state's attorney's police in his West Side apartment.

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Another party member,

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22-year-old Mark Clark of Peoria,

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also died in the shoot-out.

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- Chicago police, COINTELPRO,

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Red Squad,

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they were all collectively responsible

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for the murder of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark

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and the wounding of others.

Duration

28 seconds

Views

45

Timestamp in Movie

00:39:31

Uploaded

Jun 17, 2025

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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.