central committee of the Patriot Party and charged them with various felonies. They later dropped the charges but, by the mid-1970s, the FBI's COINTELPRO program had effectively suppressed the organization. The group was also strongly opposed by far-right white militias. In 1982 the civil rights activist Jesse Jackson adopted the name of "Rainbow Coalition" for organizing multi-ethic groups to support and vote for liberal (generally Democratic) candidates for public office, in order to strengthen minority voices by acting in collaboration. References External links 1970 Patriot Party pamphlet The Original Rainbow Coalition National Young Lords COINTELPRO targets Defunct American political movements European-American organizations Defunct Maoist organizations in the United States Political movements in the United States Political repression in the United States Politics and race in the United States