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The First Rainbow Coalition

This was during the peak of the Black Power era. The revolutionary strugglethat we were...

This was during the peak of the Black Power era. The revolutionary struggle
that we were envisioning was to eliminate racism

Full Transcript

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- This was during the peak of the Black Power era.
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The revolutionary struggle that we were envisioning
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was to eliminate racism.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:53
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.
And in order to eliminate racism, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:23
And in order to eliminate racism,
- Children were going to school hungry, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:13
- Children were going to school hungry,
Instead of just asking people for something, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:49
Instead of just asking people for something,
We're out there every day and educating. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
We're out there every day and educating.
And I think the Black Panther Party is doing tha. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:20
And I think the Black Panther Party is doing tha.
We talked about Fred Hampton a lot. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:51
We talked about Fred Hampton a lot.
[crowd chanting] Poor people power! - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:12
[crowd chanting] Poor people power!
Mr. Daley can take his money and his machine, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
Mr. Daley can take his money and his machine,
[cheers and applause] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:07
[cheers and applause]
I think the trouble has already come - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
I think the trouble has already come
[crowd shouting and chanting] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:05
[crowd shouting and chanting]
These are communities who are struggling - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:18
These are communities who are struggling
[grim ambient music] - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:20
[grim ambient music]
They were meant to scare the police, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:13
They were meant to scare the police,
- This was a complete challenge to the structure, you know? - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:06
- This was a complete challenge to the structure, you know?
It wasn't saying, "Let us in." - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:10
It wasn't saying, "Let us in."
We didn't want in, so he didn't have a handle on us. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:17
We didn't want in, so he didn't have a handle on...
- The Red Squad, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:22
- The Red Squad,
We were at this particular rally. - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:08
We were at this particular rally.
So from the front of the room, - The First Rainbow Coalition 00:24
So from the front of the room,