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Rustin

Do you think I just woke up one dayand said to myself, "Let's stage the largest march ever...

Rustin • 2023
Do you think I just woke up one day
and said to myself, "Let's stage the largest march ever and get former communist Quaker
Bayard Rustin to pull it all together?" No, I did not

Full Transcript

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Do you think I just woke up one day and said to myself,
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"Let's stage the largest march ever
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and get former communist Quaker Bayard Rustin to pull it all together?"
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No, I did not.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
37
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:26
Uploaded
Apr 12, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
Higher Ground

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Movie Summary

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights history by orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.
But once we signed on, we're in it no matter what. - Rustin 00:05
But once we signed on, we're in it no matter what.
If you would just accept the inevitable now, - Rustin 00:09
If you would just accept the inevitable now,
I know this may feel like an attenuation of everything that we fought for... - Rustin 00:05
I know this may feel like an attenuation of everything that ...
A two-day event will make it clear that we will not back down or back away. - Rustin 00:06
A two-day event will make it clear that we will not back dow...
Bayard, you have Chief, you have me, Dr. Hedgeman, and Jim. - Rustin 00:06
Bayard, you have Chief, you have me, Dr. Hedgeman, and Jim.
And if I'm not asking attendees to get arrested at the White House - Rustin 00:09
And if I'm not asking attendees to get arrested at the ...
And in order to get the unions and their money, changes have to be made. - Rustin 00:06
And in order to get the unions and their money, changes have...
If Sisters Dorie and Joyce went out to Westchester - Rustin 00:10
If Sisters Dorie and Joyce went out to Westchester
We are committed to the cause - Rustin 00:07
We are committed to the cause
I'd like to share what it was like growing up in Hattiesburg. - Rustin 00:05
I'd like to share what it was like growing up in Hattie...
- Because of what you looked like. - Because of the color of your skin. - Rustin 00:05
- Because of what you looked like. - Because of the color of...
As long as Negro workers are ill-housed and underpaid, - Rustin 00:09
As long as Negro workers are ill-housed and underpaid,
My father was president of Transportation Workers Local 101. - Rustin 00:06
My father was president of Transportation Workers Local 101.
August 28th, Mahalia Jackson's gonna sing, and freedom's gonna shine. - Rustin 00:07
August 28th, Mahalia Jackson's gonna sing, and freedom&...
Freedom has never been free, - Rustin 00:08
Freedom has never been free,
And the Lord wants you to know that you're loved. - Rustin 00:07
And the Lord wants you to know that you're loved.
- ...and your fears begin to fade. - Yes! - Rustin 00:05
- ...and your fears begin to fade. - Yes!
- Amen! Praise the Lord! - ...you now feel brave and alive. - Rustin 00:05
- Amen! Praise the Lord! - ...you now feel brave and alive.
- Amen! - Oh, you know! - Rustin 00:06
- Amen! - Oh, you know!
You know! You know - Rustin 00:09
You know! You know