Bayard Rustin shaped Martin Luther King Jr., brought Gandhi’s teachings to the American Civil Rights movement and was the principal organizer of the historic 1963 March on Washington. Bayard Rustin fought for peace, racial equality and economic justice. On November 20, 2013, President Barack Obama posthumously awarded Rustin the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

The Southeast Library is proud to present the showing of the documentary Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin. Winner of 25 awards and honors, this documentary tells of Rustin’s accomplishments and of the hopes he had for this nation.

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