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What Daley did is not to challenge that on any leve, and that was very important for him politically because so much of his base
were extremely resistant to the idea of blacks moving
into their neighborhoods, and Daley served their interests. [ominous music] - Now is the time to get rid of the slums and ghettos of Chicago. Now is the time. We must realize that
there must be alliances now between Negroes and
white people of good will to get rid of poverty that
engulfs so much of our nation
were extremely resistant to the idea of blacks moving
into their neighborhoods, and Daley served their interests. [ominous music] - Now is the time to get rid of the slums and ghettos of Chicago. Now is the time. We must realize that
there must be alliances now between Negroes and
white people of good will to get rid of poverty that
engulfs so much of our nation
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What Daley did is not to
challenge that on any leve,
00:00:05.671 --> 00:00:08.772
and that was very important
for him politically
00:00:08.841 --> 00:00:12.676
because so much of his base
were extremely resistant
00:00:12.745 --> 00:00:16.447
to the idea of blacks moving
into their neighborhoods,
00:00:16.515 --> 00:00:19.983
and Daley
served their interests.
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[ominous music]
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- Now is the time
00:00:24.059 --> 00:00:27.858
to get rid of the slums
and ghettos of Chicago.
00:00:27.927 --> 00:00:30.561
Now is the time.
00:00:30.629 --> 00:00:34.064
We must realize that
there must be alliances now
00:00:34.133 --> 00:00:37.167
between Negroes and
white people of good will
00:00:37.236 --> 00:00:41.978
to get rid of poverty that
engulfs so much of our nation.
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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.