Profiles Spike Lee was born on March 20, 1957, to bassist and composer Bill Lee and Jacqueline Lee, a schoolteacher. He completed undergraduate studies in 1982 at Morehouse College and a degree from New York University Film School. He produced, wrote, starred in, and directed more than ten movies between 1986 and 1998. These films appealed to the hip hop generation because they could connect with the conflicts depicted in the movies. These movies cover police brutality, racism, and a yearn for black empowerment. Also controversial issues like interracial love, a black woma ...view middle of the document...
She was fired and evicted after she tried to register to vote in Indianapolis, Missouri. After that she worked full time for SNCC. Working on the Voter education program sparked police brutality, she and eight other women were arrested, and she was severely beaten on June 9, 1963, in Winona, Mississippi. She still continued her career in the Civil Rights Movement as a spellbinding orator. After 1965 she still continued to battle for her people. She helped the poverty conditions some with help from northern supporters. She died in 1977.Bayard Rustin, born on March 17, 1912, in West Chester Pennsylvania. He belonged to the Young Communist League during his childhood. He later became a staff member in the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR). In 1942 he helped found, along with James Farmer to form the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). In 1943 he refused to be drafted and henceforth was sent to federal prison for three years where he honed the philosophy that would help guide his life. Later on in his life he helped CORE with the Journey of Reconciliation. He also served as an important advisor to Martin Luther King Junior. Rustin was homosexual, turned his attention to battling homophobia after the ebbitide of the civil rights movement. He died on August 24, 1987.