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The First Rainbow Coalition

The First Rainbow Coalition

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📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 2019-10-24
⌚ Running Time: 56 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.5

Beloved Cast

Fred Hampton original image
Self (archive footage)
Fred Hampton
Bobby Lee original image
Self (archive footage)
Bobby Lee
Bobby Rush original image
Self (archive footage)
Bobby Rush

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