{"id":18671,"date":"2019-08-15T08:05:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T15:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/?post_type=films&#038;p=18671"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:28:56","slug":"the-first-rainbow-coalition","status":"publish","type":"films","link":"https:\/\/dipsy.pbs.org\/independentlens\/documentaries\/the-first-rainbow-coalition\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Rainbow Coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1969, the Chicago Black Panther Party, notably led by the charismatic Fred Hampton, began to form alliances across lines of race and ethnicity with other community-based movements in the city, including the Latinx group the Young Lords Organization and the working-class young southern whites of the Young Patriots. Finding common ground, these disparate groups banded together in one of the most segregated cities in postwar America to collectively confront issues such as police brutality and substandard housing, calling themselves the Rainbow Coalition. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The First Rainbow Coalition<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tells the movement\u2019s little-known story through rare archival footage and interviews with former coalition members in the present-day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the coalition eventually collapsed under duress from constant harassment by local and federal law enforcement, including the murder of Fred Hampton, it had a long term impact, breaking down barriers between communities, and creating a model for future activists and diverse politicians across America.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1969, the Chicago Black Panther Party, notably led by the charismatic Fred Hampton, began to form alliances across lines of race and ethnicity with other community-based movements in the city, including the Latinx group the Young Lords Organization and the working-class young southern whites of the Young Patriots. 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