Bayard Rustin : a legacy of protest and politics / edited by Michael G. Long ; foreword by Clayborne Carson.

Other author Long, Michael G., editor.
Other author Carson, Clayborne, 1944- writer of foreword.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : New York University Press, [2024]
Copyright Date©2024
Descriptionxii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987.
African American civil rights workers--Biography.
Civil rights workers--United States. --Biography.
African American pacifists--Biography.
African American gay men--Biography.
African Americans--Civil rights. --History. --20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States. --History. --20th century.
Nonviolence--United States. --History. --20th century.
Quakers--Biography.

Contents Foreword / Clayborne Carson -- Introduction: More than Mr. March on Washington / Michael G. Long -- Part I: Protests, politics, and partners. Rustin's legacy of civil resistance in the US / Erica Chenoweth ; Moving from the streets to the corridors of power : Rustin's evolving perspective / Randall Kennedy ; The legacy of Grandmother Julia Rustin / Walter Naegle ; Rustin and A Philip Randolph : "we are the advance guard of a moral revolution" / David Lucander ; Rustin and Ella Baker : revolutionary trailblazers / Danielle L. McGuire -- Rustin and King : stony the road they trod / Jonathan Eig -- Inspiring Stokely Carmichael, sparring with Malcolm X / Peniel E. Joseph -- Part II: Resistance, reform, and reconciliation. Rustin's resistance to war and militarism / Sharon Erickson Nepstad ; Enforcing the Constitution : Rustin and the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation / Gene R. Nichol ; Rustin and criminal justice reform / Justin Bronson Barringer ; Troubles I've seen : Rustin and the price of being gay / John D'Emilio ; Rustin's internationalism : how a great American activist learned from movements abroad / Sarah Azaransky ; A pragmatic pirouette in the age of Malcolm X and the riot / terrance wiley ; Rustin and the tactics of democratic socialism / David Stein -- Part III: What Rustin means to me. The art of the actual / Rashad Robinson ; Sustaining community despite disagreements / Dorian Williams ; We must work to bring about a jubilee / Ariel Gold ; Educated in his name / Davis Patel ; Bayard sang the body eclectic / Robt Martin Seda-Schreiber -- Afterword / Jared Loggins.
Abstract "Explores the surprising and complicated legacy of the brilliant strategist of the civil rights movement - Bayard Rustin"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Bayard Rustin. New York : New York University Press, [2024] 9781479818501
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formBiographies.
LCCN 2023005926
ISBN9781479818495 hardcover
ISBN1479818496 hardcover

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Ronnie Barnes African American Collection E185.97.R93 B3937 2024 ✔ Available Place Hold