Celebrates the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, the civil rights
leader behind the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
While we can all recall images of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his
“I Have a Dream” speech in front of a massive crowd at Lincoln
Memorial, few of us remember the man who organized this watershed
nonviolent protest in eight short weeks: Bayard Rustin. This was
far from Rustin’s first foray into the fight for civil rights. As
a world-traveling pacifist, he brought Gandhi’s protest
techniques to the forefront of US civil rights demonstrations,
helped build the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, led the
fight for economic justice, and played a deeply influential role in
the life of Dr. King by helping to mold him into an international
symbol of nonviolent resistance. Rustin’s legacy touches many
areas of contemporary life—from civil resistance to violent
uprisings, democracy to socialism, and criminal justice reform to
war resistance. Despite these achievements, Rustin was often
relegated to the background. He was silenced, threatened, arrested,
beaten, imprisoned, and fired from important leadership positions,
largely because he was an openly gay man in a fiercely homophobic
era. With expansive, searching, and sometimes critical essays from
a range of esteemed writers—including Rustin’s own partner,
Walter Naegle—this volume draws a full picture of Bayard Rustin:
a gay, pacifist, socialist political radical who changed the course
of US history and set a precedent for future civil rights activism,
from LGBTQ+ Pride to Black Lives Matter.
General
| Imprint: |
New York University Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| Editors: |
Michael G. Long
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4798-1849-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-4798-1849-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781479818495 |
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