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- He was the Rev. Martin Luther King’s nonviolent spiritual mentor, the chief organizer of the epic 1963 March on Washington and an openly gay Black man who “ never apologized for who he was, what he believed or who he desired” during an era when homosexuality was seen as a perversion deserving imprisonment.
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There he became involved in efforts to defend and free the Scottsboro Boys, nine young black men in Alabama who were accused of raping two white women. He joined the Young Communist League in 1936, and left in 1941 after the Communist Party USA reversed its anti-war policy in response to Nazi Germany 's invasion of the USSR.
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. Rustin would spend his life...
Nov 2, 2023 · Yet his contributions to the fight for equality have long been overlooked, in no small part because Rustin was an openly gay Black man at a time when homosexuality was criminalized in much...
In Rustin, a new movie based on a true story, Colman Domingo plays Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin, who spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington.
- Malcolm Venable
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Nov 17, 2023 · Civil rights activist Bayard Rustin planned the 1963 March on Washington and advised Martin Luther King Jr. Read about his life, the movie ‘Rustin,’ and more.
Nov 18, 2023 · Colman Domingo stars as Rustin, a Black gay activist who preached nonviolent protest and was a top aide to King.
Feb 25, 2021 · He was an easy target: a socialist, a pacifist who'd refused to fight in WWII and went to prison for it, and a gay Black man at a time of intense homophobia.
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