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Gustavo Urbina

Annotated bibliography

Primary Documents

“Harold Washington Wins Chicago Mayor Position.” ​Www.tikkun.org​, Creative Commons,

www.tikkun.org/nextgen/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/800px-Luis_Gutierrez_and_Mayor
_Harold_Washington.jpg. The photo helps show that the Rainbow Coalition made
advancements in their cause as well as the significance of their actions. This also helped
to show that the Coalition had influence.

James Tracy, et al. “The (Original) Rainbow Coalition » AREA Chicago.”

AREA Chicago​, Areachicago.org, 16 Aug. 2012,
http://www.areachicago.org/the-original-rainbow-coalition/.
This is a good site for information because they're interviewing one of the key figures in
this event. In the interview they talked about what it was like be part of this event and
delays faced by the Coalition.

“The Coalition in a Meeting.” ​The Rainbow Coalition - A Time to Fear​, Black Power in African
Memories, 19 Apr. 2017,
http://blackpower.web.unc.edu/files/2017/04/Rainbow-Coalition.png. The photo helps to
show the different parties of the Rainbow Coalition and their coming together.

Tracey, James. “Many People of Different Decent Mainly Colored in a Huge Circle with Their
Fists.” ​Reboot the Rainbow​, 26 Aug. 2016,
https://jamesrtracy.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/www_baystatebanner_com-files-natl17d
-2____.jpg. Showed the support and motivation of the Rainbow Coalition and it’s
followers. Helped bring out the power and social change of the Rainbow Coalition on the
general masses.

Secondary Documents

Beasecker, Robert. “Special Collections & University Archives.” ​Grand Valley State University​,
Grand Valley State Universityy, 18 Oct. 2017,
www.gvsu.edu/library/specialcollections/young-lords-in-lincoln-park-22.htm?contentid=2
23AE155-F501-1F31-17CC17FFC535F361. This site gave a detailed account of the
Young Lords Party, the second to join the Rainbow Coalition, it also helped to explain
how the formation of the Coalition went.

“Black Panther Party.” ​Encyclopedia of Chicago​,

www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/142.html. The webpage gave a general
understanding of the Black Panther Party and the origins of the Rainbow Coalition as
well as bringing out things not generally known by the masses.
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Frendrais, Ian. “Richard J. Daley: Urban Diplomat?” ​Richard J. Daley: Urban Diplomat?​,
Weebly, 2011, 98739189.nhd.weebly.com/index.html. This site a large amount of detail
into the mayor of Chicago during the time of the Rainbow Coalition. Helped bring out the
democratic political machine that was running in Chicago at that time and the way that
government was.

Moser, Richard. “Young Patriots, Black Panthers and the Rainbow Coalition.”
Www.counterpunch.org​, 21 Nov. 2017,
www.counterpunch.org/2017/11/22/young-patriots-black-panthers-and-the-rainbow-coalit
ion/. This article gave detail into Rising Up Angry and the Young Patriots. Although it is
two groups of the coalition, it shows some of the struggles of the motivation rather than
just how great their cause is.

Thomas, Mike. “The Day Harold Washington Died.” ​THE PEOPLE'S MAYOR: HAROLD
WASHINGTON STILL MATTERS, 30 YEARS LATER​, Dec. 2017, pp. 103–109. The article gave a
very detailed account of what Harold Washington was like and the impact he made on the city. The
Rainbow Coalition worked so that something like a black mayor could be possible. This helped show
some of the positive impact of The Rainbow Coalition.

Williams, Jakobi E. “The Original Rainbow Coalition: An Example of Universal Identity

Politics.” ​Tikkun Magazine​, Jakobi E. Williams,
www.tikkun.org/nextgen/the-original-rainbow-coalition-an-example-of-universal-identity-p
olitics​.
This website give good information on the Rainbow Coalition and its backstory. This
website also gave us information on the setbacks the coalition faced such as people not
wanting to give equality to minorities and being seen as a threat by the government.