It was strategist Bayard Rustin – a pacifist and gay Black man – who organized the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his 'I have a dream' speech. But Rustin's role in transforming the civil rights movement has been largely forgotten. 'Rustin,' a new film directed by George C.
It was strategist Bayard Rustin – a pacifist and gay Black man – who organized the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his"I have a dream" speech. But Rustin's role in transforming the civil rights movement has been largely forgotten."Rustin," a new film directed by George C.
Wolfe and produced by former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's production company, is an attempt to correct the historical record about a marginalized figure who helped change society. Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with Wolfe and Barack Obama about Rustin's legacy, and what his story means for today's generation.
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