| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 173 pages) |
| Series |
The African American history series |
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African American history series (Lanham, Md.)
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| Contents |
Introduction: Shadowman -- Voice of protest, 1912-1946 -- Toward peace and racial justice, 1946-1963 -- The March on Washington, 1963 -- Coalition politics and its limits, 1963-1969 -- The humanist, 1969-1987 -- Rustin's American dreams |
| Summary |
Bayard Rustin was a unique twentieth-century American radical voice. A homosexual, World War II draft resister, and ex-communist, he made enormous contributions to the civil rights, socialist, labor, peace, and gay rights movements in the United States, despite being viewed as an "outsider" even by fellow activists. Rustin was a humanist who championed the disadvantaged and oppressed, regardless of identity. 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, a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987.
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| SUBJECT |
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 fast (OCoLC)fst00195542 |
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Rustin, Bayard. swd |
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. fast (OCoLC)fst01798999 |
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African Americans -- Biography
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African American civil rights workers -- Biography
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African American pacifists -- Biography
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African American gay men -- Biography
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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African American civil rights workers.
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African American gay men.
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African American pacifists.
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African Americans.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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Civil rights movements.
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Nonviolence.
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Bürgerrechtsbewegung
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United States.
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USA.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021698147 |
| ISBN |
9780742564800 |
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0742564800 |
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1282496611 |
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9781282496613 |
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