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Name: Bayard Rustin
Author: Jervis Anderson

Bayard Rustin was one of the most complex and interesting of the black intellectuals during a period of dramatic change in America. He is perhaps best known as the organizer of the 1963 march on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his memorable 'I Have a Dream' speech. Although Rustin headed no civil rights organization, during most of his career he was a moral and tactical spokesman for them all.

First publish date: 1997

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography

Authors: Jervis Anderson

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