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Bayard Rustin: The Untold Story of a Civil & Gay Rights Pioneer

Speaker Al Letson
Date Feb 9, 2011
Time 7:00 pm  
Location 210 Illini Union. 1401 West Green Street
Cost free
Sponsor LGBT Resource Center & Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center
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August 28th, 1963 will forever be tied to Martin Luther King Jr.'s hallowed "I Have a Dream" speech. This historic moment would probably have never come to fruition if it weren't for a man standing in King's shadow, Mr. Bayard Rustin. Rustin was a man with a number of seemingly incompatible labels: black, gay, Quaker... identifications that served to earn him as many detractors as admirers. Although he had numerous passions and pursuits, his most transformative act, one that certainly changed the course of American history, was to counsel MLK on the use of non-violent resistance. Al Letson takes the audience to a specific time in history that shapes the way we live now. *paid for in part by student cultural programming fee*

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