Current Movements Presents: The First Rainbow Coalition
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Current Movements Presents: "The First Rainbow Coalition”- A film screening & panel discussion looking at solidarity movements then & now.
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 Latino 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.
“The First Rainbow Coalition” (2019) directed by Ray Santisteban.
https://www.pbs.org/video/unlikely-allies-first-rainbow-coalition-lj5fue/
A panel discussion with local activists who were a part of the first Rainbow Coalition, as well as organizers carrying on this legacy, will follow the film.
Current Movements is a nonprofit organization to connect grassroots activists, movements, and organizations through art, film, and technology. As part of our mission, we host a monthly film series in partnership with Eaton Workshop highlighting the grassroots activism taking place around the world and here in the DMV.
This is a Free event.
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 Latino 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.
“The First Rainbow Coalition” (2019) directed by Ray Santisteban.
https://www.pbs.org/video/unlikely-allies-first-rainbow-coalition-lj5fue/
A panel discussion with local activists who were a part of the first Rainbow Coalition, as well as organizers carrying on this legacy, will follow the film.
Current Movements is a nonprofit organization to connect grassroots activists, movements, and organizations through art, film, and technology. As part of our mission, we host a monthly film series in partnership with Eaton Workshop highlighting the grassroots activism taking place around the world and here in the DMV.
This is a Free event.
