Time on two crosses
Subtitle: the collected writings of Bayard Rustin
By: edited by Devon W. Carbado and Donald Weise.
Contributors: Carbado, Devon W.; Weise, Donald.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Cleis Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Nonviolence -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Social justice -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations; United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Description: Bayard Rustin, the famed openly-gay African American organizer, taught Martin Luther King, Jr strategies of non-violence during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, thereby launching the birth of the Civil Rights Movement. This text showcases the extraordinary career of this black gay civil rights pioneer.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-354).