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Bayard Rustin: Troubles I'Ve Seen : A Biography
EN USISBN: 0520214188 bzw. 9780520214187, in Englisch, University of California Press, gebraucht.
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20th century,african americans,african-american and black,african-american studies,americas,biographies,ethnic and national,historical,historical study and educational resources,history, Bayard Rustin: Troubles I've Seen, The famous "I Have a Dream" speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the 1963 March on Washington is deservedly remembered as the most potent moment of the civil rights struggle, but Bayard Rustin was the behind-the-scenes architect of that historic event. Rustin "had made significant contributions to a number of movements for African freedom and to the global struggle for human rights," Jervis Anderson notes, but "achieved no significant power in his career. Part of the reason was the breadth and variety of his political involvements." Rustin was a conscientious objector to World War II, worked with the pacifist Fellowship of Reconciliation, participated in A. Phillip Randolph's 1941 Washington protest march, and was a founding member of the Congress of Racial Equality. But another reason for his comparative obscurity is that many of his colleagues feared that public knowledge of his homosexuality would undermine the broader civil rights movement. Anderson skillfully uncovers Rustin's complicated history, from his West Chester, Pennsylvania, birth in 1912 and black Quaker upbringing to his ideological move from communism to social democracy, and restores to public memory a vital career in the history of nonviolent social activism. Rustin summarized his philosophy for change by noting that "the major aspect of the struggle comes from without. If one gets out and begins to defend one's rights and the rights of others, spiritual growth takes place. One becomes in t.
20th century,african americans,african-american and black,african-american studies,americas,biographies,ethnic and national,historical,historical study and educational resources,history, Bayard Rustin: Troubles I've Seen, The famous "I Have a Dream" speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the 1963 March on Washington is deservedly remembered as the most potent moment of the civil rights struggle, but Bayard Rustin was the behind-the-scenes architect of that historic event. Rustin "had made significant contributions to a number of movements for African freedom and to the global struggle for human rights," Jervis Anderson notes, but "achieved no significant power in his career. Part of the reason was the breadth and variety of his political involvements." Rustin was a conscientious objector to World War II, worked with the pacifist Fellowship of Reconciliation, participated in A. Phillip Randolph's 1941 Washington protest march, and was a founding member of the Congress of Racial Equality. But another reason for his comparative obscurity is that many of his colleagues feared that public knowledge of his homosexuality would undermine the broader civil rights movement. Anderson skillfully uncovers Rustin's complicated history, from his West Chester, Pennsylvania, birth in 1912 and black Quaker upbringing to his ideological move from communism to social democracy, and restores to public memory a vital career in the history of nonviolent social activism. Rustin summarized his philosophy for change by noting that "the major aspect of the struggle comes from without. If one gets out and begins to defend one's rights and the rights of others, spiritual growth takes place. One becomes in t.
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Bayard Rustin: Troubles I've Seen (1998)
EN PB NWISBN: 9780520214187 bzw. 0520214188, in Englisch, 432 Seiten, University of California Press, Taschenbuch, neu.
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Here is the first biography of one of the most gifted strategists of the civil rights movement. Organizer of the 1963 march on Washington, Bayard Rustin played a significant role during this era of dramatic change in America., Paperback, Ausgabe: Reprint, Label: University of California Press, University of California Press, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1998-06-30, Studio: University of California Press, Verkaufsrang: 1793602.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Any Book.
Here is the first biography of one of the most gifted strategists of the civil rights movement. Organizer of the 1963 march on Washington, Bayard Rustin played a significant role during this era of dramatic change in America., Paperback, Ausgabe: Reprint, Label: University of California Press, University of California Press, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1998-06-30, Studio: University of California Press, Verkaufsrang: 1793602.
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Bayard Rustin: Troubles I'Ve Seen A Biography (1998)
EN PB USISBN: 9780520214187 bzw. 0520214188, in Englisch, Univ of California Pr, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. Taschenbuch, gebraucht.
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