Co-founder and co-chair of the Iowa Brown and Black Presidential Forum. He is a former Iowa state representative and Iowa’s longest-serving black legislator, having served for 14 years from 1997 to 2010.
Special guests Angela Davis, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe and more came together to celebrate 30 years of Democracy Now! at a sold out Riverside Church event in NYC on March 23, 2026.