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Author:

D'Emilio, John.

Title:

Lost prophet : the life and times of Bayard Rustin / John D'Emilio.

Publisher:

Free Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

vi, 568 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Rustin, Bayard,--1912-1987.
African Americans--Biography.
African American civil rights workers--Biography.
African American pacifists--Biography.
African American gay men--Biography.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
Nonviolence--United States--History--20th century.
Homosexuality--United States--History--20th century.
Homophobia--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-546) and index.

Contents:

"Any road will take you there," 1912-1934. -- "A young radical," 1934-1941. -- "A way of life," 1941-1943. -- "An extremely capable agitator," 1944. -- "Hard and bitter experience," 1944-1946. -- "The gadfly which has stirred men into action," 1946-1947. -- "Mad enough to do something desperate," 1947-1948. -- "An iron lung of militarism," 1948-1952. -- "Bayard's trouble," 1952-1953. -- "I can again be useful," 1953-1955. -- "No force on Earth can stop this movement," 1955-1957. -- "More going on than most people would gather," 1957-1959. -- "An employee of others," 1959-1960. -- "Ours is not a world-shaking project," 1960-1962. -- "One of the great days in American history," 1963. -- "On the threshold of a new political movement," 1963-1964. -- "From protest to politics," 1964-1965. -- "In the shadow of war," 1965-1967. -- "A strategist without a movement," 1966-1968. -- "Freedom is never a final act," 1969-1987.

Summary:

Examines the life of Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist who organized the 1963 March on Washington, detailing his struggles as being openly gay and his campaigns for civil rights.

ISBN:

9780684827803
0684827808

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52269914

LCCN:

2003052771

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)