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The Democratic Convention, we had seen the hippies being beaten in Lincoln Park. We could relate to that. What was going on in the Vietnam War, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X being killed, our families being evicted from their homes. All that affected us and awakened us. The Young Lords started transforming themselves from a gang into a human rights movement. The mission was self-determination for Puerto Rico. That meant that we were
powerful as a people, as a nation, to promote
a sense of pride for being Puerto Rican. And we wanted neighborhood empowerment. [pensive piano music] [train creaking] - What we have to do now is pull ourselves togethr into a functioning group
of people who could go out
and rebel against them
powerful as a people, as a nation, to promote
a sense of pride for being Puerto Rican. And we wanted neighborhood empowerment. [pensive piano music] [train creaking] - What we have to do now is pull ourselves togethr into a functioning group
of people who could go out
and rebel against them
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- The Democratic Convention,
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we had seen the hippies
being beaten in Lincoln Park.
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We could relate to that.
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What was going on
in the Vietnam War,
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Martin Luther King
and Malcolm X being killed,
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our families being evicted
from their homes.
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All that affected us
and awakened us.
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The Young Lords started
transforming themselves
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from a gang into
a human rights movement.
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The mission
was self-determination
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for Puerto Rico.
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That meant that we were
powerful as a people,
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as a nation, to promote
a sense of pride
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for being Puerto Rican.
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And we wanted
neighborhood empowerment.
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[pensive piano music]
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[train creaking]
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- What we have to do now
is pull ourselves togethr
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into a functioning group
of people
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who could go out
and rebel against them.
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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.
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