Lost prophet : the life and times of Bayard Rustin / John D'Emilio.
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TextPublisher: New York : Free Press, c2003Description: vi, 568 p. ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0684827808Subject(s): Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 | African Americans -- Biography | Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography | African American pacifists -- Biography | African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century | Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 323/.092 | B LOC classification: E185.97.R93 | D46 2003Summary: One of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. the methods of Gandhi, spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington, and helped bring the struggle of African Americans to the forefront of a nation's consciousness. But despite his incontrovertibly integral role in the movement, the openly gay Rustin is not the household name that many of his activist contemporaries are. In exploring history's Lost Prophet, acclaimed historian John D'Emilio explains why Rustin's influence was minimized by his peers and why his brilliant strategies were not followedor were followed by those he never meant to help
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-546) and index.
One of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. the methods of Gandhi, spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington, and helped bring the struggle of African Americans to the forefront of a nation's consciousness. But despite his incontrovertibly integral role in the movement, the openly gay Rustin is not the household name that many of his activist contemporaries are. In exploring history's Lost Prophet, acclaimed historian John D'Emilio explains why Rustin's influence was minimized by his peers and why his brilliant strategies were not followedor were followed by those he never meant to help
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