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Brother Outsider: The Life Of Bayard Rustin
directed by Nancy Kates, fl. 1995 and Bennett Singer; produced by Bennett Singer and Nancy Kates, fl. 1995, Question Why Films (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2002), 1 hour 25 mins
On November 20, 2013, Bayard Rustin was posthumously awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Who was this man? He was there at most of the important events of the Civil Rights Movement - but always in the background. Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin asks "Why?" I...
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directed by Nancy Kates, fl. 1995 and Bennett Singer; produced by Bennett Singer and Nancy Kates, fl. 1995, Question Why Films (San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel, 2002), 1 hour 25 mins
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On November 20, 2013, Bayard Rustin was posthumously awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Who was this man? He was there at most of the important events of the Civil Rights Movement - but always in the background. Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin asks "Why?" It presents a vivid drama, intermingling the personal and the political, about one of the most enigmatic figures in 20th-century America...
On November 20, 2013, Bayard Rustin was posthumously awarded the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Who was this man? He was there at most of the important events of the Civil Rights Movement - but always in the background. Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin asks "Why?" It presents a vivid drama, intermingling the personal and the political, about one of the most enigmatic figures in 20th-century American history. One of the first "freedom riders," an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the march on Washington, intelligent, gregarious and charismatic, Bayard Rustin was denied his place in the limelight for one reason - he was gay.
Rustin was born in 1912 into a Pennsylvania Quaker family steeped in ideas of social justice and non-violence. He moved to Harlem during the socially and culturally tumultuous 1930s and, after a brief flirtation with the Communist Party found a more congenial home in A.J. Muste's pacifist Fellowship of Reconciliation. While there, he served prison terms for resisting the draft during World War II and later for integrating interstate buses. When A. Philip Randolph, aging head of the Black labor movement, turned to the fellowship for tactical help, Rustin worked closely with him and developed a belief that the labor movement offered the best hope for Black advancement.
Then in 1953, Rustin was arrested during a casual homosexual encounter. A.J. Muste forced him out of the fellowship. When the Montgomery bus boycott was launched, he went to Alabama in 1956 and became a mentor in non-violence to the 26-year-old Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Though Rustin would advise the younger civil rights leader until his assassination in 1968, King broke publicly with Rustin in 1960, when Representative Adam Clayton Powell threatened King over the issue of Rustin's homosexuality.
But when the 1963 march on Washington was proposed, the civil rights leadership recognized there was only one man who could organize it - Bayard Rustin. After the march's overwhelming success Rustin forged the fragile alliance between the labor unions, the Civil Rights Movement and the Democratic Party which was responsible for much of the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960's.
Later on, Rustin angered former colleagues by not speaking out against the war in Vietnam, and by taking controversial stands against Black Nationalism and affirmative action. In the 1970s and 1980s, he returned to his early interest in international affairs and human rights, working on behalf of refugees around the world. Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin contributes a fascinating new chapter to our understanding of both progressive movements and gay life in 20th-century America.
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Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bennett Singer, Nancy Kates, fl. 1995, Question Why Films
Author / Creator
Nancy Kates, fl. 1995, Bennett Singer
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
California Newsreel
Person Discussed
Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968, Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
Topic / Theme
Social activism and activists, Gay men, Political demonstrations, Labor unions, Civil rights, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, AL, December 1955, Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963, Freedom Rides, U.S. South, 1961, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-
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Copyright © 2002 by California Newsreel
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Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968, Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
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OUTLINES The Weekly Voice of the Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Trans Community Serving the Community Since 1987 Feb. 16, 2000
(Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications, originally published 2000), 32 page(s)
The voice of the gay and lesbian community.
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(Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications, originally published 2000), 32 page(s)
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The voice of the gay and lesbian community.
Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Periodical issue
Date Published / Released
2000-02-16
Publisher
Lambda Publications
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
Topic / Theme
AIDS, Gay activism and activists, Gay communities, Gay rights, Civil rights, Political demonstrations, Politics
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1989 by Windy City Media Group
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
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Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin
written by Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987; edited by Donald Weise, fl. 2011 and Devon Carbado, fl. 2011 (San Francisco, CA: Cleis Press, 2003), 416 page(s)
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written by Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987; edited by Donald Weise, fl. 2011 and Devon Carbado, fl. 2011 (San Francisco, CA: Cleis Press, 2003), 416 page(s)
Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Non-fiction, Essay
Contributor
Donald Weise, fl. 2011, Devon Carbado, fl. 2011
Author / Creator
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Cleis Press
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
Topic / Theme
Racism, Civil rights, African-Americans, Race relations, Gay rights, Human rights, Gay & Lesbian Studies, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 by Cleis Press
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
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Untold: Hidden Histories, Bayard Rustin
produced by Makematic, in Untold: Hidden Histories (Londonderry, Northern Ireland: Makematic, 2020), 2 mins
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was the biggest protest America had ever seen. It culminated in Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr’s iconic “I Have A Dream” speech. But the man who made it all possible, chief organiser Bayard Rustin, was almost written out of history not because he was bl...
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produced by Makematic, in Untold: Hidden Histories (Londonderry, Northern Ireland: Makematic, 2020), 2 mins
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The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was the biggest protest America had ever seen. It culminated in Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr’s iconic “I Have A Dream” speech. But the man who made it all possible, chief organiser Bayard Rustin, was almost written out of history not because he was black, but because he was gay.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Makematic
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
Makematic
Series
Untold: Hidden Histories
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
Topic / Theme
Civil rights, Gay activism and activists, Martin Luther King's March on Washington, DC, August 28, 1963, Political and Social Movements, The Sixties (1960–1974)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 Makematic
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
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TOP NEWS: Bayard Rustin Awards Feb. 24
edited by Tracy Baim; in BLACKlines, Vol. 1 no. 1, February 1996, BLACKlines (Chicago, IL: Windy City Media Group, 1996)
Expressions from Black, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Life
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edited by Tracy Baim; in BLACKlines, Vol. 1 no. 1, February 1996, BLACKlines (Chicago, IL: Windy City Media Group, 1996)
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Expressions from Black, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Life
Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Periodical article
Contributor
Tracy Baim
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Windy City Media Group
Series
BLACKlines
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
Topic / Theme
Homosexuality, Bisexuals, Transgender persons, Lesbians, African-Americans, Gay & Lesbian Studies, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by Windy City Media Group
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
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Bayard Rustin: The Troubles He Saw
written by Robert Schultz; edited by Tracy Baim; in BLACKlines, Vol. 2 no. 4, May1997, BLACKlines (Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications, 1997), 16-17
Expressions from Black Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered life.
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written by Robert Schultz; edited by Tracy Baim; in BLACKlines, Vol. 2 no. 4, May1997, BLACKlines (Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications, 1997), 16-17
Description
Expressions from Black Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered life.
Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Periodical article
Contributor
Tracy Baim
Author / Creator
Robert Schultz
Date Published / Released
1997
Publisher
Lambda Publications
Series
BLACKlines
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
Topic / Theme
African-Americans, Homosexuality, LGBT life, Transgenderism, Lesbianism, Civil rights, Gay & Lesbian Studies, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by Windy City Media Group
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
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Bayard Rustin part of new gay film, GLSEN screening Oct. 11
written by LaJaunesse Jordan, fl. 1987; edited by Tracy Baim; in BLACKlines, Vol. 3 no. 9, October 1998, BLACKlines (Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications, 1998)
Expressions from black gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgendered life.
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written by LaJaunesse Jordan, fl. 1987; edited by Tracy Baim; in BLACKlines, Vol. 3 no. 9, October 1998, BLACKlines (Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications, 1998)
Description
Expressions from black gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgendered life.
Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Periodical article
Contributor
Tracy Baim
Author / Creator
LaJaunesse Jordan, fl. 1987
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
Lambda Publications
Series
BLACKlines
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
Topic / Theme
Transgenderism, Bisexuality, Lesbianism, Homosexuality, Black community, Gay communities, Gay & Lesbian Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by Windy City Media Group
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
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Remembering Bayard Rustin
written by Robert Schultz; edited by Tracy Baim; in BLACKlines, Vol. 5 no. 1, February 2000, BLACKlines (Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications, 2000), 16-17
Expressions from Black Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Life
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written by Robert Schultz; edited by Tracy Baim; in BLACKlines, Vol. 5 no. 1, February 2000, BLACKlines (Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications, 2000), 16-17
Description
Expressions from Black Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Life
Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Periodical article
Contributor
Tracy Baim
Author / Creator
Robert Schultz
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Lambda Publications
Series
BLACKlines
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
Topic / Theme
Black community, LGBT life, Homosexuality, Gay communities, Lesbians, Transgenderism, Bisexuality, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1954-, Gay & Lesbian Studies
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by Windy City Media Group
Person Discussed
Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
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BLACKlines, Vol. 7 no. 12, January 2003
edited by Tracy Baim, in BLACKlines (Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications, 2003), 32 page(s)
Expressions from Black Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered life.
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edited by Tracy Baim, in BLACKlines (Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications, 2003), 32 page(s)
Description
Expressions from Black Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered life.
Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Periodical issue
Contributor
Tracy Baim
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Lambda Publications
Series
BLACKlines
Topic / Theme
African-Americans, LGBT life, Homosexuality, Transgenderism, Bisexuality, Gay & Lesbian Studies, African Americans, Australian Aborigines
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by Windy City Media Group
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THE SHADOW of BLACK PRIDE
written by Earnest Edward Hite; edited by Tracy Baim; interview by Earnest Edward Hite; in BLACKlines, Vol. 8 no. 6, July 2003, BLACKlines (Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications, 2003), 12-13
Expressions from Black Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered life.
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written by Earnest Edward Hite; edited by Tracy Baim; interview by Earnest Edward Hite; in BLACKlines, Vol. 8 no. 6, July 2003, BLACKlines (Chicago, IL: Lambda Publications, 2003), 12-13
Description
Expressions from Black Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered life.
Field of Study
LGBT Studies
Content Type
Periodical article
Contributor
Tracy Baim
Author / Creator
Earnest Edward Hite
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Lambda Publications
Series
BLACKlines
Person Discussed
Max Smith, Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
Topic / Theme
Lesbianism, Bisexuality, Transgenderism, LGBT life, Homosexuality, African-Americans, Transsexuality, U.S. Civil Rights Movement, 1966-, Stonewall Riots, Greenwich Village, NY, June 28, 1969, Gay & Lesbian Studies, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by Windy City Media Group
Person Discussed
Max Smith, Bayard Rustin, 1912-1987
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