How three unlikely groups worked together to achieve interracial solidarity
How three unlikely groups worked together to achieve interracial solidarity
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The original Rainbow Coalition
NPR/DailyHeraldIn this episode we turn to late 1960s Chicago, when three unlikely groups came together to form a coalition based on interracial solidarity. It's hard to imagine this kind of collaboration today, but we dove into how a group of Black radicals, Confederate flag-waving white Southerners, and street-gang-turned-activist Puerto Ricans found common ground. They called themselves: The Rainbow Coalition.