Rustin
Americannoun
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In 1963, his vision of a mass march on Washington, D.C., was realized with the assistance of Bayard Rustin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
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
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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