A new movie, a new book, and an old nonviolent warrior now given his rightful recognition BY DAVID KIRP FEBRUARY 9, 2024 (prospect.org) Colman Domingo plays Rustin in the Netflix biopic. This article appears in the February 2024 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. On August 28, 1963, upwards of 250,000 people gathered at… Continue reading
VIA NYU PRESS Jonathan Eig on the Early Civil Rights Movement and the Making of “Alabama’s Gandhi” By Jonathan Eig September 25, 2023 (lithub.com) Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the porch of his tiny Montgomery parsonage. An agitated crowd of neighbors gathered around him, waiting for his orders. King’s home had… Continue reading
“The idea of reparations is a ridiculous idea. If my great-grandfather picked cotton for 50 years, then he may deserve some money, but he’s dead and gone and nobody owes me anything.” –Bayard Rustin Cambridge Union Streamed on November 10th 2022 at 20:00 in the Debating Chamber Debate Results: Prop:… Continue reading
