[Ads-l] Antedating of "Rainbow Coalition" (Specific Jesse Jackon Sense)

[Shapiro, Fred]

rainbow coalition (OED, specific Jesse Jackson sense, 1983)

1972 Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 17 Jan. 9-A/1 (Newspapers.com)

Membership in the new organization, the Rev. Mr. Jackson said, would be a "rainbow coalition" of people, white and black, to "push for a greater share of economic and political power for all poor people in America in the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."

Fred Shapiro


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