Bayard Rustin was arrested for sitting in the White section of a public bus in 1941, 14 years before the Birmingham Bus Boycott. He orchestrated the most famous march in human history, the March on Washington. He mentored Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on how to enact non-violence as a form of civil disobedience and protest.

Why don't more people know who he is? This Pride month, learn more this complicated man and his legacy (and have a few laughs too!!) with Brandon Grate.

Sources:

Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin by John D'Emilio (book)

Brother Outsider: the Life of Bayard Rustin on Netflix

Rustin Film on Netflix