Tag Results for "activist"
by Aaron Matthews
Premiere: September 21, 2004
On October 30, 1969, Pete O'Neal, a young Black Panther in Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested for transporting a gun across state lines. One year later, O'Neal fled the charge, and for over 30 years, he has lived in Tanzania as one of the last American exiles from an era when activists considered themselves at war with the U.S. government.
by Nancy Kates, Bennett Singer
Premiere: January 20, 2003
During his 60-year career as an activist, Rustin formulated many of the strategies that propelled the civil rights movement. But his open sexuality forced him to remain in the background, making him the 'brother outsider.'
by Deborah Shaffer
Premiere: July 12, 1988
Based on the autobiography of Nicaraguan author Omar Cabezas, Fire From the Mountain is the lyrical, earthy, sometimes humorous account of the author's political journey from student activist to guerrilla to government official.