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THIS MONTH'S SELECTION
LOST PROPHET:
THE LIFE & TIMES OF BAYARD RUSTIN
APRIL 7TH- 1PM
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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 followed,
or were followed by those he never meant to help.
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