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Rustin

Elizabethan Songs & Negro Spirituals. So you sang, huh?

Rustin • 2023
Elizabethan Songs & Negro Spirituals. So you sang, huh?

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Elizabethan Songs & Negro Spirituals.
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So you sang, huh?
Duration
6 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
01:06:43
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.
Oh, they sure as hell don't grow 'em like you down in Alabama. - Rustin 00:05
Oh, they sure as hell don't grow 'em like you down...
- Oh God, no. No, I... I... I... - Yes. Yes. - Rustin 00:05
- Oh God, no. No, I... I... I... - Yes. Yes.
♪ I ne'er didst dream ♪ - Rustin 00:15
♪ I ne'er didst dream ♪
And you attended Howard University. I heard of colored passing for white. - Rustin 00:05
And you attended Howard University. I heard of colored passi...
When I was 16, I brought a Negro friend home for dinner. - Rustin 00:05
When I was 16, I brought a Negro friend home for dinner.
My father told me he was not going to allow "that boy" to sit at his table. - Rustin 00:05
My father told me he was not going to allow "that boy&q...
Where I come from, we hold on to our family... - Rustin 00:05
Where I come from, we hold on to our family...
I'm sure there's some PhD student at Columbia - Rustin 00:07
I'm sure there's some PhD student at Columbia
Why don't you take them both down to that bar on 8th Avenue - Rustin 00:08
Why don't you take them both down to that bar on 8th Av...
Oh, I'm sorry. When their feelings become inconvenient, - Rustin 00:07
Oh, I'm sorry. When their feelings become inconvenient,
Except this time, you started giving your heart to someone - Rustin 00:08
Except this time, you started giving your heart to someone
And with our three new religious leaders and Mr. Reuther from the UAW, - Rustin 00:08
And with our three new religious leaders and Mr. Reuther fro...
Given that this will probably be - Rustin 00:07
Given that this will probably be
What if, strictly hypothetical, - Rustin 00:14
What if, strictly hypothetical,
Someone whose past affiliations, political and otherwise, - Rustin 00:25
Someone whose past affiliations, political and otherwise,
Would you keep that person in their position, - Rustin 00:12
Would you keep that person in their position,
Unless the person in question happened to be me. - Rustin 00:06
Unless the person in question happened to be me.
Julia and Janifer Rustin raised me to be humble and never brag, - Rustin 00:09
Julia and Janifer Rustin raised me to be humble and never br...
Twenty-two, run by teams of mostly Negro medical practitioners. - Rustin 00:05
Twenty-two, run by teams of mostly Negro medical practitione...
There'll be six water tanks, 1,500 gallons each, - Rustin 00:07
There'll be six water tanks, 1,500 gallons each,