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Oct 29, 2023 · It was strategist Bayard Rustin – a pacifist and gay Black man – who organized the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a dream"...
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- CBS Sunday Morning
Jun 21, 2018 · Unknown to many, Bayard Rustin was the heart and soul of the civil rights movement in the United States. As Martin Luther King Jr.’s chief organizer, he help...
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- Great Big Story
Bayard Rustin was a chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and thought reparations, and even separate African-American studies departments, were a b...
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- The New York Times
Nov 2, 2023 · A new film finally spotlights Bayard Rustin, the gay civil rights activist who organized the 1963 March on Washington. Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin in Rustin, a new film directed by George C ...
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- Zachary Clary
Rustin was arrested in 1953, in Pasadena, California when he was caught having sex with two other men in a car. He was charged with “sex perversion,” aka, the so-called crime of homosexuality.
Nov 17, 2023 · Directed by George C. Wolfe, the historical biopic film follows activist Bayard Rustin, who has a way of convincing people and a charm not everyone understands. He is a gay Black man living in America at a time when racial segregation is accepted, and homosexuality is a criminal offense.
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Jun 1, 2018 · He was Bayard Rustin, a man whose life was shaped by the very prejudices the movement fought against, not only because of his race, but also because he was gay.
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