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Rustin

American  
[ruhs-tin] / ˈrʌs tɪn /

noun

  1. Bayard 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.


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Actor Colman Domingo—star of films and TV shows including “Rustin,” “Sing Sing” and “Fear the Walking Dead”—is widely considered one of the best-dressed men in Hollywood.

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In 1963, his vision of a mass march on Washington, D.C., was realized with the assistance of Bayard Rustin.

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Rustin’s face was hot, his heart racing.

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A week ago, the director had stopped Rustin in the hallway and mentioned a complaint—something about words in the operating theater.

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Then he patted Rustin on the back: “We’re all figuring out this new world.”

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