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The First Rainbow Coalition

They knew that we were going to begin to get a lot more support from the community and the...

They knew that we were going to begin to get a lot more support from the community and the only way that they could stop us was by using bureaucracy

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They knew that we were going to begin to get
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a lot more support from the community
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and the only way that they could stop us
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was by using bureaucracy.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:01
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 think that they should also - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:32
I think that they should also
I have no apology to make to anyone for our country. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:04
I have no apology to make to anyone for our country.
- To a great extent, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
- To a great extent,
- I was in the hole in Double Lock, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:28
- I was in the hole in Double Lock,
I believe that's why he was killed. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:12
I believe that's why he was killed.
- Before a raid, the police would hit the field... - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
- Before a raid, the police would hit the field...
[tires squealing] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:11
[tires squealing]
You can look at the windows, man. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:04
You can look at the windows, man.
- Was there a fire in the, uh-- - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
- Was there a fire in the, uh--
He shot two police, who died, and they... - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:04
He shot two police, who died, and they...
Shot him about 1,000 times. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:04
Shot him about 1,000 times.
So you have those type of developments going on, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:10
So you have those type of developments going on,
They were all felonies - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:16
They were all felonies
Because I'm saying something that might wake up - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:10
Because I'm saying something that might wake up
[gospel choir singing] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:23
[gospel choir singing]
The question is between resistance to this fascism - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
The question is between resistance to this fascism
All: X power for those left out. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:04
All: X power for those left out.
- The 20-year-old chairman - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:28
- The 20-year-old chairman
- Chicago police took 'em out. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:17
- Chicago police took 'em out.
- When Fred Hampton was killed around 4:00 in the morning, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:11
- When Fred Hampton was killed around 4:00 in the morning,