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Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin

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Born March 17, 1912 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Died August 24, 1987

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Bayard Rustin was an early and incalculably important force behind the U.S. Civil Rights movement of the Twentieth Century. Although his contributions to the movement remain largely unrecognized by the general public to this day, he was of invaluable assistance to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many of the other well-known heroes of the era. Rustin was a behind-the-scenes power during the 1956 Montgomery, Alabama, Bus Boycotts, and the chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which Dr. King delivered his famed "I Have a Dream" speech. Born to a West Chester, Pennsylvania, Quaker family, Rustin made a lifelong study of the principles of peace and social change through nonviolent resistance and was an important influence on Dr. King's adoption of the precepts of Gandhi.

Bayard Rustin's historical import is well-known to serious Civil Rights scholars, but he never became a household name at the level of many other Civil Rights strategists because many of the other leaders in the movement objected to Rustin's open homosexuality, both on the grounds that it might impede the already-difficult struggle for public acceptance of racial equality and for their own personal reasons. After the boycott, Congressman Adam Clayton Powell convinced Dr. King to break ties with Rustin by threatening to claim publicly (and falsely) that Rustin and Dr. King were sexually involved; some years later, Dr. King acknowledged Rustin's importance to the movement by rehiring him to plan the 1963 March on Washington. At that point, however, anti-Civil Rights activist and U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond unsuccessfully attempted to discredit the movement and derail the march through homophobic attacks on Rustin, with Thurmond proclaiming Rustin a "moral pervert" on the senate floor.

After the march, Rustin directed the A. Phillip Randolph Institute, which worked for Civil Rights and labor equality, and he also became an advocate for Gay Rights. A gifted singer, he recorded several albums. Rustin died of a heart attack in 1987 and was survived by his longtime romantic partner, Walter Naegle.

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Filmography

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Year

CIRILO, A Legacy Untold Poster

CIRILO, A Legacy Untold Feature Film2025

Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey Poster

Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey Feature Film2022Self

MLK/FBI Documentary2020Self - Civil Rights Leader

Love is the Message, the Message is Death Poster

Love is the Message, the Message is Death Short Film2016Self

The March Poster

The March Documentary2013Self

Paul Robeson: Songs of Freedom Documentary2008

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin Poster

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin Feature Film2003Self

Our Friend, Martin Poster

Our Friend, Martin Video1999Self - on steps of Lincoln Memorial

Out of the Past Poster

Out of the Past Documentary1998Self

George Wallace Poster

George Wallace Mini-Series1997Self - Behind King

The Speeches of Malcolm X Poster

The Speeches of Malcolm X Documentary1997Self - Listens to Abernathy

11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried Poster

11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried Documentary1988Self

Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest Poster

Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest TV Series1987Self

Our World TV Series1986Self

March on Washington: Commemoration of Martin Luther King's '63 March Documentary1983Self

Vietnam: A Television History Poster

Vietnam: A Television History Mini-Series1983Self

Let Poland Be Poland Poster

Let Poland Be Poland Documentary1982Self

Malcolm X Poster

Malcolm X Documentary1972Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Poster

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Documentary1969Self

Still a Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class Poster

Still a Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class Documentary1968Self

Opening Day at the 1964-1965 World's Fair TV Special1964Self

The March Poster

The March Short Film1964Self

The March in Washington Short Film1963Self

Integration Report I Poster

Integration Report I Short Film1960Self

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Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin Poster

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin Feature Film2003

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