Lost Prophet

The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin

• Author(s): John D'Emilio,
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster
• Pages: 568
• ISBN_10: 0684827808
  ISBN_13: 9780684827803
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General , Biography & Autobiography / Political , Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists , History / United States / General , Political Science / Civil Rights , Political Science / Human Rights , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies ,

Description:... One of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. the methods of Gandhi, spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington, and helped bring the struggle of African Americans to the forefront of a nation's consciousness. But despite his incontrovertibly integral role in the movement, the openly gay Rustin is not the household name that many of his activist contemporaries are. In exploring history's Lost Prophet, acclaimed historian John D'Emilio explains why Rustin's influence was minimized by his peers and why his brilliant strategies were not followedor were followed by those he never meant to help.