Civil and political rights

Colman Domingo Shines as Bayard Rustin in Netflix’s ‘Rustin’

Colman Domingo portrays Bayard Rustin in the Netflix original film, Rustin, shedding light on the often overlooked civil rights activist’s struggles and contributions. The film educates and showcases the turbulent era of the early sixties, highlighting Rustin’s pivotal role in leading American movements in socialist politics, nonviolence, and gay rights, as well as organizing the historic March on Washington in 1963.

Former Florida state representative lobbied against rooftop solar in North Carolina

Former Florida state representative Joe Gibbons sat in the library of the Faith Community church in Greensboro, North Carolina, trying to convince its pastor to quit promoting rooftop solar. With a lobbyist’s charms Gibbons told the Rev Nelson Johnson that…