The First Rainbow Coalition

The First Rainbow Coalition

2019
56min

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.

The First Rainbow Coalition

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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.
    Released
    24 October 2019
    Runtime
    56min
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    Status
    Released
    Language
    English
    Production
    Nantes Media, LLC, ITVS, Black Public Media (BPM), Latino Public Broadcasting
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