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Subject(s)

• African Americans—Biography [Browse]
• African American civil rights workers—Biography [Browse]
• African American pacifists—Biography [Browse]
• African American gay men—Biography [Browse]
• African Americans—Civil rights [Browse]
• Civil rights movements—United States—History—20th century [Browse]
• Nonviolence—United States—History—20th century [Browse]
• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963 [Browse]
• Rustin, Bayard 1912-1987 [Browse]
• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 Washington, D.C.) [Browse]

Series

• African American history series (Lanham, Md.) [More in this series]
• The African American history series

Summary note

Bayard Rustin was a unique twentieth-century American radical voice. A homosexual, World War II draft resister, and ex-communist, Rustin made enormous contributions to the civil rights, socialist, labor, peace, and gay rights movements in the United States, despite being viewed as an ""outsider"" by fellow activists. Author Jerold Podair also includes excerpts from Rustin's writings, speeches, letters, and statements, allowing the reader to gain firsthand interaction with one of the most important civil rights leaders-and one of the most important radical leaders-in twentieth-century American

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index.

Source of description

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Language note

English

Contents

Contents; Chronology; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Shadow Man; Chapter 01. Voice of Protest, 1912-1946; Chapter 02. Toward Peace and Racial Justice, 1946-1963; Chapter 03. The March on Washington, 1963; Chapter 04. Coalition Politics and Its Limits, 1963-1969; Chapter 05. The Humanist, 1969-1987; Conclusion: Rustin's American DreamsDeath; Documents; Bibliographic Essay; Index; About the Author

ISBN

• 1-282-49661-1
• 9786612496615
• 0-7425-6480-0

OCLC

301746157

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