The architect of the March on Washington and co-author of Dr. King’s memoir was a mentor to the great civil rights martyr. But he was nearly hidden from history—largely by choice.
Starring: J. Holtham as Bayard Rustin and Anthony Obi as Martin Luther King, Jr.
Also featuring: Miles Grose, Matt Gourley, and Jesse Thorn.
Source List:
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Bayard Rustin, To Bayard Rustin, Glenn E. Smiley, From Bayard Rustin, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Address at NAACP Mass Rally for Civil Rights
Facing History & Ourselves, Brother Outsider: Remembering Gay Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin
Lambda Legal, 67 Years Later, Bayard Rustin’s California Arrest and Jail Time Have Been Pardoned
Jewish News Syndicate, Bayard Rustin (1912-1987)
Bill of Rights Institute, Bayard Rustin, Nonviolence vs. Jim Crow, 1942
PBS.org., Who Designed the March on Washington?
The Weekly Challenger, The FBI Plot to Bring Down the Gay Man Behind the March on Washington
Making Gay History, Bayard Rustin
Washington Blade, Looking Back: 50 Years of the Blade
The Washington Post, Bayard Rustin, Organizer of the March on Washington, Was Crucial to the Movement, In ‘I Must Resist,’ Bayard Rustin Lived a Life with No Apologies
Montgomery Advertiser, 21, 22, 23, & 24 February 1956
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