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050 00 $aE185.97.R93$bP63 2009
082 00 $a323.092$aB$222
100 1 $aPodair, Jerald E.,$d1953-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97034767
245 10 $aBayard Rustin :$bAmerican dreamer /$cJerald Podair.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bRowman & Littlefield Pub.,$c[2009], ©2009.
300 $axiii, 173 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aThe African American history series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction: Shadowman -- $g1.$tVoice of Protest -- $g2.$tTowards Peace and Racial Justice -- $g3.$tThe March on Washington -- $g4.$tCoalition Politics and Its Limits -- $g5.$tThe Humanist -- $tConclusion: Rustin's American Dreams.
520 1 $a"In Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer, Jerald Podair examines the life and career of a man who shaped virtually every aspect of the modern civil rights movement as a theorist, strategist, and spokesman. Podair begins by covering the period from Rustin's 1912 birth in West Chester, Pennsylvania, to his 1946 release from federal prison, where he served over two years for draft evasion. After his release, Rustin threw himself into work on behalf of pacifism and racial integration, two goals that, at this stage of his career, fit together almost seamlessly. Podair goes on to examine Rustin's role as the main organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, the most important civil rights demonstration in American history. He was a major influence on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s philosophy of nonviolent direct action, which led to the strategy that changed the course of American race relations. During the last years of his life, Rustin continued to champion the causes of socialism, coalition politics, and racial integration, as he also sought to aid oppressed people and foster democratic institutions worldwide." "Yet for all this, Rustin was rarely permitted a leading role in the movements he helped to shape. Because of his sexuality and his background as a former communist and draft resister, he was forced to do much of his work on the fringes, offering his organizational, strategic, and rhetorical skills to public leaders who chose to keep him at arm's length. Despite this, as Podair makes clear, Bayard Rustin was one of the most important civil rights leaders-and one of the most important radical leaders-in twentieth-century American history." "Documents in this book include excerpts from Rustin's writings, speeches, and public statements."--BOOK JACKET.
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650 0 $aAfrican American civil rights workers$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100464
650 0 $aAfrican American pacifists$vBiography.
650 0 $aAfrican American gay men$vBiography.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001935
650 0 $aCivil rights movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100355
650 0 $aNonviolence$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
611 20 $aMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom$d(1963 :$cWashington, D.C.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012036795
830 0 $aAfrican American history series (Lanham, Md.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006006612
852 00 $bglx$hE185.97.R93$iP63 2009