<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/skokielibrary/rss/search?query=%22Rustin%2C%20Bayard%2C%201912-1987.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:31:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Unstoppable]]></title><description><![CDATA["This powerful and triumphant picture book biography tells the story of Bayard Rustin, an openly gay civils rights leader, who, with the support of Dr. King and future congressman John Lewis, led 250,000 people to the doorstep of the U.S. government demanding change."-- Provided by publisher]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3249206</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3249206</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Long, Michael G.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3249206133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How Bayard Rustin Organized the 1963 March on Washington</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781499812060/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lost Prophet]]></title><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1411992</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C1411992</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[D'Emilio, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1411992133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780684827803/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Song for the Unsung]]></title><description><![CDATA["On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million activists and demonstrators from every corner of the United States convened for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was there that they raised their voices in unison to call for racial and economic justice for all Black Americans, to call out inequities, and ultimately to advance the Civil Rights Movement. Every movement has its unsung heroes: individuals who work in the background without praise or accolades, who toil and struggle without notice. One of those unsung heroes was at the center of some of the most important decisions and events of the Civil Rights Movement. That hero was a quiet man, a gay African American man. He was Bayard Rustin."-- Front jacket flap.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3215431</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3215431</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Weatherford, Carole Boston]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3215431133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250779502/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bayard Rustin]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bayard learned from an early how important equal rights were. He knew how to help people work together for equality without violence. He even played an important role in one of the most important civil rights events in American history.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3172715</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3172715</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Miller, J. P.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3172715133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781731638014/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Troublemaker for Justice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bayard Rustin believed that every human being deserves respect and dignity.  As a child he was taught that we all have a duty to stand up to prejudice and discrimination, and that conflict must be resolved through peaceful, nonviolent means.  And so, Bayard began to peacefully resist--in high school he was arrested for sitting in the "whites only" section of his hometown movie theater--no matter the consequences.  Bayard Rustin grew up to become one of the key figures of the American Civil Rights Movement.  He was a mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., teaching him the philosophy and techniques of nonviolent direct action.  In 1963, he organized the March on Washington, one of America's most historic protest marches.  And yet, he is absent from most history books, in large part because he was openly gay.  This biography traces Bayard's lifetime of activism and highlights his fearless commitment to justice and equality for all. -- Publisher's description.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2930787</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C2930787</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Houtman, Jacqueline]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2930787133</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780872867659/MC.GIF&amp;client=skopl&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brother Outsider]]></title><description><![CDATA[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. Winner! 2004 American Library Association Notable Video Award. Winner! 2003 Cine Golden Eagle. "Brother Outsider illuminates as never before Rustin’s fascinating public career and his equally intriguing private life. It is a film worthy of his valuable legacy." Clayborne Carson, Stanford University, Director, Martin Luther King Papers Project. "An utterly wonderful documentary. The viewer will be focused and totally absorbed by one of the most fascinating characters of the so-called American Century. First-class documentary filmmaking all the way down. An amazing and wonderful piece of work." - Kenneth O’Reilly, University of Alaska. "Brother Outsider makes a groundbreaking contribution to understanding how the politics of sexuality and gender shaped the Black Civil Rights Movement. It is a fascinating portrait of a remarkable human being." - Barbara Smith, Independent Scholar and Author. "In the struggle for African American dignity, he was perhaps the most critical figure that many people have never heard of. It's worth taking a look at the life and lessons of one Bayard Rustin." - Time. "A worthy tribute and a powerful retelling of the civil-rights story, which gains a new freshness seen through the medium of this one special man." - Wall Street Journal. "For young folks who take their freedoms for granted, the entire documentary is an important reminder that some people fought hard and put their lives on the line to attain those freedoms." - Philadelphia Inquirer. "It's an impressive gathering of facts and interviews about the man who was also openly gay at a time when even many liberals, including his fellow civil-rights activists, were homophobic." - Boston Globe. "Like Rustin, the film is alive with ideas, fast-paced and surprising, and rich in humanity. It‘s beautiful like him--and it‘s got rhythm." - Africana.com. "I highly recommend this film for high schools, academic, and adult public library collections." - Monique Threatt, Indiana University, Bloomington, EMRO.]]></description><link>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3053289</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S133C3053289</guid><category><![CDATA[VIDEO_ONLINE]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://skokielibrary.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3053289133</comments><format>VIDEO_ONLINE</format><subtitle>The Life of Bayard Rustin</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url/></item></channel></rss>