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Rustin

Whitney and Jim?- Watching Martin, who was listening

Rustin • 2023
Whitney and Jim?
- Watching Martin, who was listening

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- Whitney and Jim? - Watching Martin, who was listening.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:35
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.
- Then the president's brother... - The attorney general was there? - Rustin 00:05
- Then the president's brother... - The attorney genera...
Kept saying we should cancel, call the whole thing off. - Rustin 00:05
Kept saying we should cancel, call the whole thing off.
Now, I received a very distressing letter from Senator Douglas. - Rustin 00:05
Now, I received a very distressing letter from Senator Dougl...
Well, I'm not sure about Meany, but Reuther does, in fact, - Rustin 00:07
Well, I'm not sure about Meany, but Reuther does, in fa...
Do you think I just woke up one day and said to myself, - Rustin 00:11
Do you think I just woke up one day and said to myself,
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,