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Young Patriots

The Rainbow Coalition
Posted inHistory

Fifty Years of Fred Hampton’s Rainbow Coalition

by Jacqueline Serrato September 27, 2019February 13, 2021

hicago-style coalition-building helped to produce the first Black mayor of Chicago and put its first Latinx representatives in office. Some even believe its legacy led to the election of the city’s first Black woman mayor. But unbeknownst to many, this form of organizing started in the streets fifty years ago with what was called the […]

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