Rustin
Americannoun
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The director must have come under pressure—first from junior staff, Rustin guessed, then the chief of personnel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
One afternoon in early autumn, during the fourth month of the Emergency, Hugo Rustin was invited to join the hospital’s self-org committee in the meeting room.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
Sing Sing star Colman Domingo is nominated for best actor, just a year after his last nomination in the same category for Rustin.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025
The last one was for Netflix’s “Rustin” last year, where he played civil rights activist Bayard Rustin.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025
“Malcolm X caused many young Negroes to take a new vision of themselves,” said Bayard Rustin, a main figure in organizing the March on Washington in 1963.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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