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The suffocating chains of Negro respectability
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Rustin

The suffocating chainsof Negro respectability

Rustin • 2023
The suffocating chains
of Negro respectability

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The suffocating chains of Negro respectability.
Duration
5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:28:47
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.
When I told Ma Rustin I preferred dancing with boys instead of girls, she said, - Rustin 00:21
When I told Ma Rustin I preferred dancing with boys instead ...
That's what people feel when they hear him. - Rustin 00:05
That's what people feel when they hear him.
So tell me, - Rustin 00:12
So tell me,
How can you speak of love - Rustin 00:07
How can you speak of love
And when Roy said, - Rustin 00:12
And when Roy said,
Man Shame on Reverend King - Rustin 00:56
Man Shame on Reverend King
Sending those poor children to march the streets of Birmingham? - Rustin 00:05
Sending those poor children to march the streets of Birmingh...
A man in uniform unleashes attack dogs, turns fire hoses on the innocent, - Rustin 00:11
A man in uniform unleashes attack dogs, turns fire hoses on ...
You see this and think, "Those poor Negroes down south," - Rustin 00:13
You see this and think, "Those poor Negroes down south,...
You sit behind that desk as you've sat for over 30 years, - Rustin 00:12
You sit behind that desk as you've sat for over 30 year...
I'm not railing against Jim because of the color of his skin. - Rustin 00:05
I'm not railing against Jim because of the color of his...
I'm railing at Jim for being arrogant and ill-informed. - Rustin 00:06
I'm railing at Jim for being arrogant and ill-informed.
The fact that he happens to be white while doing so, well, - Rustin 00:06
The fact that he happens to be white while doing so, well,
Every day, we agree to surrender that which makes us different - Rustin 00:09
Every day, we agree to surrender that which makes us differe...
Bayard, you must stay here where I can protect you - Rustin 00:07
Bayard, you must stay here where I can protect you
You are a man of exceptional skills and of keen intellect, - Rustin 00:17
You are a man of exceptional skills and of keen intellect,
Not as a man and not as a person committed to saving the world. - Rustin 00:06
Not as a man and not as a person committed to saving the wor...
Mr. Muste, sir, have you ever been to a Negro church? - Rustin 00:06
Mr. Muste, sir, have you ever been to a Negro church?
So instead of standing here and saying something I might regret, - Rustin 00:07
So instead of standing here and saying something I might reg...
This, uh, new young preacher that's working for Roy, - Rustin 00:08
This, uh, new young preacher that's working for Roy,