Rustin on Netflix

[PatrickforB]

My wife and I just watched Rustin, a movie on Netflix.

I had never heard of Bayard Rustin, but he was a major player in the Civil Rights movement, and he was the organizer of the March on DC in 1964.

The reason I never heard of him is that historians in the past downplayed his participation because he was gay. Obama gave him the Medal of Freedom in 2013 posthumously because he died in 1987.

The movie was GREAT. Colman Domingo turned in a stunning performance as Rustin, and Aml Ameen played Martin Luther King, Jr.

It was outstanding. Those people, all of them, were heroes. They really were. And now we know about Bayard Rustin.

Here's the trailer:

[walkingman]

1. I've had it on my list for while, thanks for the recommendation. ☮

[mopinko]

2. i liked it a lot too.