One of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. the methods of Gandhi, spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington, and helped bring the struggle of African Americans to the forefront of a nation's consciousness. But despite his incontrovertibly integral role in the movement, the openly gay Rustin is not the household name that many of his activist contemporaries are. In exploring history's Lost Prophet, acclaimed historian John D'Emilio explains why Rustin's influence was minimized by his peers and why his brilliant strategies were not followed, or were followed by those he never meant to help.
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CONTRIBUTORS: John D'Emilio
EAN: 9780226142692
COUNTRY: United States
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PUBLISHED BY: The University of Chicago Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-03-02
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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American Studies
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United States of America, USA, Relating to gay people, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Ethnic studies, Civics and citizenship
John D'Emilio is professor of history and of gender and women's studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Policy director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, he is coauthor of Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America, published by the University of Chicago Press, and author of The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture.
