Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin

Rustin, Bayard; Carbado, Devon W.; Weise, Donald

ISBN 10: 1573441740 / ISBN 13: 9781573441742

Edité par Cleis Press, 2003

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Titre : Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings ...

Éditeur : Cleis Press

Date d'édition : 2003

Reliure : Paperback

Etat : Very Good

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Time on Two Crosses Bayard Rustin (1912-1987), the famed openly gay African American organizer, taught Martin Luther King Jr. strategies of nonviolence during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, thereby launching the birth of the civil rights movement in 1955. Widely acclaimed as a founding father of modern black protest, in 1963 Rustin reached his pinnacle of notoriety as organizer of the March on Washington. His open homos Full description

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Bayard Rustin, the openly-gay African Americancivil rights organiser, is widely acclaimed as thefounding father of modern black protest, havingtaught Martin Luther King, Jr. strategies ofnon-violence during the Montgomery Bus Boycott,thereby launching the birth of the Civil RightsMovement, as well as organising the 1963 March onWashington. Throughout his extraordinary life,however, his open homosexuality was a point ofcontention among black church leaders, includingKing himself. This is an extraordinary showcase ofthe writings of this pioneer of two movements.