Sixty years after the history-making March on Washington, the world is finally learning the truth behind the man responsible for bringing together 200,000 people to fight for equality: Bayard Rustin. The march still marks the largest organized peaceful protest to ever take place in history. While Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was used as the […]
Bayard Rustin probably isn’t the first name that comes to mind when you think of the 1963 March on Washington. Rustin was a key organizer behind the movement, but his presence as an openly gay Black man was seen largely as a liability and a threat to progress. Now, 60 years after the 1963 March […]
Executive produced by Higher Ground’s Barack and Michelle Obama, RUSTIN will shine a long-overdue spotlight on the life and legacy of Omega Psi Phi brother and HBCU grad Bayard Rustin. Rustin’s life was one of unwavering dedication to the civil rights movement. The film, which releases on Netflix on November 17 will explore his pivotal […]