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I'm just curious as to why it took you so long to return my calls
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Rustin

I'm just curious as to whyit took you so long to return my calls

Rustin • 2023
I'm just curious as to why
it took you so long to return my calls

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I'm just curious as to why it took you so long to return my calls.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:42
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.
Because, my dear Miss Baker, you casually ask questions - Rustin 00:08
Because, my dear Miss Baker, you casually ask questions
- So why aren't you on a bus to Atlanta? - Because I do not care. - Rustin 00:05
- So why aren't you on a bus to Atlanta? - Because I do...
- You call that doing just fine? - Who tries to integrate an entire town? - Rustin 00:06
- You call that doing just fine? - Who tries to integrate an...
Your focus must be singular. A... A lunch counter, a bus boycott. - Rustin 00:06
Your focus must be singular. A... A lunch counter, a bus boy...
Sheriff Pritchett undermined every media-savvy move Martin made. - Rustin 00:05
Sheriff Pritchett undermined every media-savvy move Martin m...
As a result, the civil rights struggle got swept off the front pages - Rustin 00:08
As a result, the civil rights struggle got swept off the fro...
Of course I care about the cause. More so Coretta and the kids. - Rustin 00:06
Of course I care about the cause. More so Coretta and the ki...
...where legal remedies are not at hand. - Rustin 00:33
...where legal remedies are not at hand.
On your own, you and Martin are fine, - Rustin 00:08
On your own, you and Martin are fine,
...to help him figure out what's next, and you need him - Rustin 00:07
...to help him figure out what's next, and you need him
I quit my job this afternoon or took a leave of absence or something. - Rustin 00:07
I quit my job this afternoon or took a leave of absence or s...
A shark trapped in a damn shot glass. - Rustin 00:05
A shark trapped in a damn shot glass.
Now, I never believed for one second Powell's lie, - Rustin 00:10
Now, I never believed for one second Powell's lie,
But this... this country - Rustin 00:08
But this... this country
And even so, each day, we forgive by fighting to make things right. - Rustin 00:07
And even so, each day, we forgive by fighting to make things...
And yet you can't forgive Martin for failing you that one time? - Rustin 00:05
And yet you can't forgive Martin for failing you that o...
This new generation is restless and... and angry. - Rustin 00:07
This new generation is restless and... and angry.
Or will you harness it with Martin for our freedom? - Rustin 00:06
Or will you harness it with Martin for our freedom?
That 1510 spot way down south here in Dixie. - Rustin 00:13
That 1510 spot way down south here in Dixie.
Get on back now - Rustin 00:08
Get on back now