George C. Wolfe to Direct Bayard Rustin Movie for Obama’s Higher Ground, Netflix

Dustin Lance Black penned the screenplay about the gay civil rights activist. George C. Wolfe, Dustin Lance Black, and former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground banner are coming together for a biopic of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. Wolfe will direct Rustin from a script by Dustin Lance Black for Higher Ground and Netflix. According to the logline, Rustin will “tell the … Continue reading George C. Wolfe to Direct Bayard Rustin Movie for Obama’s Higher Ground, Netflix

Blacklanderz®February 12, 2021February 12, 2021Leave a comment

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Samuel L. Jackson: How I Became an Usher at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Funeral (Guest Column)

On the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s assassination, the actor recalls how the tragedy propelled him into activism and why he staged a lock-in that got him expelled from college. Samuel L. Jackson was a sophomore at Morehouse College in Atlanta when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. Four days later, Jackson participated in a march … Continue reading Samuel L. Jackson: How I Became an Usher at Martin Luther King Jr.’s Funeral (Guest Column)

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