Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer

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Author: Jerald Podair

ISBN-10: 074254513X

ISBN-13: 9780742545137

Category: African American General Biography

Bayard Rustin was a unique twentieth-century American radical voice. A homosexual, World War II draft resister, and ex-communist, he made enormous contributions to the civil rights, socialist, labor, peace, and gay rights movements in the United States, despite being viewed as an "outsider" even by fellow activists. Rustin was a humanist who championed the disadvantaged and oppressed, regardless of identity. \ In Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer, Jerald Podair examines the life and career of a...

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Bayard Rustin was a unique 20th-century American radical voice. A homosexual, World War II draft resister, and ex-communist, Rustin made enormous contributions to the civil rights, socialist, labor, peace, and gay rights movements in the United States, despite being viewed as an _outsider_ by fellow activists. Author Jerold Podair also includes excerpts from Rustin's writings, speeches, letters, and statements, allowing the reader to gain firsthand interaction with one of the most important civil rights leaders_and one of the most important radical leaders_in 20th-century American history.

Introduction: Shadowman1 Voice of Protest2 Towards Peace and Racial Justice3 The March on Washington4 Coalition Politics and Its Limits5 The HumanistConclusion: Rustin's American Dreams

\ Wesley HoganJerald Podair's lively engaging portrait of a key organizer in the freedom struggle puts Bayard Rustin's behind-the-scenes work out front for a new generation. Illuminating Rustin's struggle to make real America's promise of 'equality and justice for all,' Podair pushes an unsung hero out of the shadows. His work, at once scholarly and widely accessible, adds a biographer's depth to the key conflicts and triumphs of Rustin's complex, exciting, and sobering life story.\ \