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We talked about Fred Hampton a lot

The First Rainbow Coalition

We talked about Fred Hampton a lot. ♪ ♪ - These experiments were happening all over the...

The First Rainbow Coalition • 2019

We talked about Fred Hampton a lot. ♪ ♪ - These experiments were happening all over the country. In Chicago, there was another organizatin called Rising Up Angry. They organized all over Chicago. There were rainbow coalitions, small R and small C
rainbow coalitions all over the place that included groups like
the American Indian Movement, like the Brown Berets. - As we worked together, we saw, "Wow, we're really
a lot stronger if we do this together." And it made us think that if we
really want to change society, we all had to come together and support each other's struggles. - It just felt natural that you would struggle with other people
who have been marginalized and who have been held down
and who have been oppressed

Full Transcript

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We talked about Fred Hampton a lot.

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♪ ♪

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- These experiments were happening

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all over the country.

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In Chicago, there was another organizatin

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called Rising Up Angry.

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They organized all over Chicago.

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There were rainbow coalitions,

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small R and small C rainbow coalitions

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all over the place

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that included groups like the American Indian Movement,

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like the Brown Berets.

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- As we worked together, we saw,

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"Wow, we're really a lot stronger

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if we do this together."

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And it made us think that if we really want to change society,

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we all had to come together

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and support each other's struggles.

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- It just felt natural that you would struggle

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with other people who have been marginalized

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and who have been held down and who have been oppressed.

Duration

51 seconds

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29

Timestamp in Movie

00:25:54

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.