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Nov 17, 2023 · Rustin (whose first name is pronounced BYE-urd) carried these values into adulthood, conceiving, organizing and executing in just two months the greatest protest in American history: the 1963...
Jan 14, 2024 · Civil rights activist Bayard Rustin was the unstoppable force who made the historic March on Washington happen in 1963. The mass of peaceful protest is credited with helping to pass the Civil...
March 17, 1912 to August 24, 1987. A close advisor to Martin Luther King and one of the most influential and effective organizers of the civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin was affectionately referred to as “Mr. March-on-Washington” by A. Philip Randolph (D’Emilio, 347).
Bayard Rustin (/ ˈ b aɪ. ər d / BY-ərd; March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American political activist, a prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Rustin was the principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.
Nov 2, 2023 · November 2, 20234:27 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. Bob Mondello. 4-Minute Listen. Playlist. George C. Wolfe's biopic chronicles the work of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin in planning...
Feb 25, 2021 · Bayard Rustin, the deputy director of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, speaks to the crowd of marchers from the Lincoln Memorial. He was the organizer of the march, overseeing...
Nov 20, 2023 · Bayard Rustin was a brilliant strategist, pacifist, and forward-thinking civil rights activist during the middle of the 20th century. In 1947 as a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Rustin planned the "Journey of Reconciliation", which would be used as a model for the Freedom Rides of the 1960's.
