Screenshot courtesy of The New Yorker | The principles that Rustin held steadfast exemplify the less glamorous forms of protest and politics. Although utopianism and visionary overreach may be necessary beacons of freedom, they can, he knew, also become its betrayers.Photograph from Library of Congress / Interim Archives / Getty
Eclipsed in his Era, Bayard Rustin Gets to Shine in Ours
The civil-rights mastermind was sidelined by his own movement. Now he’s back in the spotlight. What can we learn from his strategies of resistance?
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