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But Rustin’s most famous action, dramatized in the movie ... The comment stings Bayard Rustin (Domingo) a little. His attempt to organize a protest in Washington, D.C. in 1960 failed when ...
“It goes to show that Bayard Rustin was an enormously influential, brilliant strategist. And he understood that there was a cycle of injustice that was rolling throughout the centuries in our countr ...
Domingo plays Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist and master planner behind 1963's March on Washington. By Zoe G. Phillips Colman Domingo shared this week what former President Barack Obama ...
Sixty years ago this week, 250,000 people came together for the historic March on Washington, best remembered, of course, for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Spoiler alert! The following story contains plot details about Netflix drama “Rustin” (now streaming). Bayard Rustin was an unsung hero of the civil rights movement. But he’s finally getting ...
Barack and Michelle Obama's Higher Grounds and Netflix present Rustin, the story of one of the most famous yet most overlooked members of the American Civil Rights Movement. Bayard Rustin was an ...
Bayard Rustin was a civil rights leader who organized the 1963 March on Washington. Rustin was marginalized for his identity as a gay Black man, but continued to fight for equality. His surviving ...
A sharp dresser who favored linen shirts and stylish ties, Bayard Rustin sported a Clark Gable mustache and adopted a British accent that gave him an even more courtly bearing. There was no civil ...
Here’s how it stacks up against archival images. By Tiffany Martinbrough As an adolescent, Bayard Rustin had many virtues. He was smart: He served as his high school valedictorian. He was ...