Bayard Rustin
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4 days ago · The committee, notably Rustin, agreed to move the site on the condition that Reuther pay for a $19,000 (equivalent to $172,500 in 2021) sound system so that everyone on the National Mall could hear the speakers and musicians. Rustin pushed hard for the expensive sound system, maintaining that "We cannot maintain order where people cannot hear."
2 days ago · In this episode of Anansi Tales, we explore the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement. Learn about his incredible contr...
5 days ago · Bayard Rustin was a gay civil rights activist who was particularly passionate about racial equality. He helped to organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, of which Martin Luther King Jr. was a president, and which influenced the civil rights movement.
3 days ago · In this oral history Bayard Rustin offers his opinion about why the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, held on August 28, 1963, was a success. Rustin was an organizer of the march along with many others, including A. Philip Randolph, an African-American labor leader.
4 days ago · The Political Quarterly is a journal dedicated to political and social reform, publishing analysis, insight and informed opinion on politics and public policy.
2 days ago · Biographical drama about inspirational gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who weathered a storm of racism and homophobia to spearhead the planning and mobilisation of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
4 days ago · Bayard Rustin was an essential part of the civil rights movement, but his sexuality kept him from receiving the credit he deserved.
