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I've spent the past 15 years fighting Dixiecrats in Congress
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Rustin

I've spent the past 15 yearsfighting Dixiecrats in Congress, going after and winningon...

Rustin • 2023
I've spent the past 15 years
fighting Dixiecrats in Congress, going after and winning
on everything from poll taxes to the right to piss
in the goddamn Congressional commode

Full Transcript

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I've spent the past 15 years fighting Dixiecrats in Congress,
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going after and winning on everything from poll taxes
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to the right to piss in the goddamn Congressional commode.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
58
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:22
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.
Had King reached out, would you have said yes? - Rustin 00:08
Had King reached out, would you have said yes?
Ever since the Montgomery bus boycott, - Rustin 00:06
Ever since the Montgomery bus boycott,
{\an8}His attention-grabbing antics are the exact opposite - Rustin 00:07
{\an8}His attention-grabbing antics are the exact opposite
I am phoning the good reverend doctor's office today. - Rustin 00:05
I am phoning the good reverend doctor's office today.
If they don't call this shit off, - Rustin 00:10
If they don't call this shit off,
Congressman Powell has done so much for Harlem. - Rustin 00:05
Congressman Powell has done so much for Harlem.
{\an8}Almost as much as he's done for himself. - Rustin 00:05
{\an8}Almost as much as he's done for himself.
{\an8}But this is a bold-faced lie, and he knows it. - Rustin 00:07
{\an8}But this is a bold-faced lie, and he knows it.
I have to tell Martin. I have... - Rustin 00:14
I have to tell Martin. I have...
Making threats, talking about going to the white print... - Rustin 00:08
Making threats, talking about going to the white print...
In response to Powell's reckless accusations, - Rustin 00:06
In response to Powell's reckless accusations,
When Martin rejects it, we will have forced him to see - Rustin 00:07
When Martin rejects it, we will have forced him to see
- Be... Because I know Martin, sir. - Bayard? - Rustin 00:09
- Be... Because I know Martin, sir. - Bayard?
[footsteps receding] - Rustin 00:08
[footsteps receding]
[dramatic sting plays] - Rustin 00:17
[dramatic sting plays]
[phone ringing] - Rustin 00:22
[phone ringing]
[breathing heavily] - Rustin 00:11
[breathing heavily]
Goodness. I'm just gonna squeeze right through here. - Rustin 00:06
Goodness. I'm just gonna squeeze right through here.
I tell you, man, I go south again, - Rustin 00:06
I tell you, man, I go south again,
"For ne'er I saw a true beauty till this night." - Rustin 00:06
"For ne'er I saw a true beauty till this night.&qu...