The First Rainbow Coalition
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USUnited States
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USUnited States
Language
English
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English
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The First Rainbow Coalition

Released Documentary
24 Oct, 2019 56min
 

The First Rainbow Coalition

Released Documentary
24 Oct, 2019 56min
 

Directed by Ray Santisteban

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.

Directed by Ray Santisteban

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.
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