Bayard Rustin: A legacy of protest and politics, ed by Michael G Long

Author: Michael G Long. Review by Simon Webb

by Simon Webb 12th April 2024

Everybody knows something about the 1963 March On Washington, when Martin Luther King delivered his powerful ‘I have a dream’ speech. Fewer people know that it was organised by a black Quaker, Bayard Rustin. This new book of essays on Rustin reveals how, over five decades of activism, Bayard did even more.