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who stood at king's side through many of his impactful moments. rustin's story brought to light in a powerful film bearing his name, hopin an oscar nomination tomorrow. >> we are going to put together the largest peaceful protest in the history of this nation. >> once i found out about bayard rustin, i want to know myself. >> for myself people who would be watching this movie, unsung is an understatement. >> it es's eradicated and erase >> completely. >> because he was openly gay and he didn't fit the mold. >> actor colman domingo is stepping into the role of a lifetime playing bayard rustin.

>> it's a film about honoring the spirit of organizers, and it's sexy and fun and witty. it's not a dusty old history piece. >> there, the man just behind martin luther king, jr. is bayard himself, the subject of "rustin" a film running hot with oscar buzz, not only for domingo's acting -- >> what they really want to destroy is all of us coming together and demanding this country change. >> but also for grammy-winning artist lenny kravitz's original song "road to freedom." ♪ road to freedom ♪ >> i mean, it was meant to be. they wanted me to write an original song for the movie. i immediately heard my mother's voice say, do this. >> on august 28th, black, white, young, old, rich, working class, poor will descend on washington, d.c.

>> it's domingo's first ever leading role in a feature film, hard earned after 30 years in theater, film and television, like in his emmy winning role in hbo's euphoria. >> haven't you heard, man, revolutions are no longer radical. >> he's depicting the struggle rustin, an openly gay man, faced in the '60s, a time when his skin colkcolor and sexuality we under attack. >> for decades the ncaa has been illegally leading the charge and now you're proposing 100,000 black folks invade washington, d.c. >> the film executive produced in part by barack obama and michelle obama. >> on behalf of president obama and michelle obama, we would be honored if you would be our bayard. m

m man, all i could say was thank you. thank you for giving me this opportunity, because i know how significant it is. barack obama told me, he said there would be no barack obama if there was no bayard >> the call, the start of a new milestone in domingo's career after films like "zola" to hit shows like "fear the walking dead". >> how do i know? because i am a closer. >> to be able to take that leading role after decades in this game, did it feel like a break? >> are you kidding me? absolutely. listen, i've always been the supporting actor, the character actor, the utility actor. maybe i just thought, well, that's what i do. >> another man preserving the story, rustin's surviving

partner walter nagle. the keeper of an eternal flame for his lover's legacy. we met up in the apartment they used to share. >> he had had 25, 30 years before that organizing for human rights and civil liberties around the world. >> rustin traced his activism and passivism to his quaker roots. even after traveling to india in the 1940s to study gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence, he was still arrested several times and even beaten by police during his peaceful protests. >> who is bayard to you growing up? >> i was 19 years old. bayard rustin's name came up. i was like, what, some openly gay man in 1963 organized a march on washington? how is that possible? as this closeted young man sitting here listening to this. i was trying to figure out who i was and how to nav devasigate te

world. >> the film also dyei idiving ie trip and challenges rustin had with dr. martin luther king, jr. >> he was the one person who had a sense of how you translate the philosophy of nonviolence into action on the ground. so he became really a key advisor to dr. king. >> at times, rustin's identity as a gay man was at odds with king's pastoral image. but the two eventually joined forces to bring the 1963 march on washington to life. it became an unprecedented event in american history. 250,000 people are estimated to have gathered for a peaceful protest in the nation's capital, demanding the united states fulfill its promise of equality for all. it was on that day dr. martin luther king delivered one of his most powerful towering feats o

oratory. >> i have a dream. my poor little children one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. i have a dream today. >> it was bayard rustin who led the charge to make the event happen. >> he had a very strategic mind. he was very detail oriented. >> the man who organized this whole thing, mr. bayard rustin. >> rustin spoke with "nightline" 20 years after the march on washington. >> i think one vo grievous errors we are making is to demoralize black and poor people. >> he remained committed to justice until his death in 1987 at the age of 75. his story also inspiring renowned musician lenny kravitz. ♪ we're on the road to freedom ♪ >> what did you know about

bayard rustin's story before you were even approached for this project? >> i knew the name. i didn't know all of the actions. i knew that if i didn't know about it, there's a whole lot of folks that don't know about it. >> bayard rustin was the people, he was the movement. this song had to not only embody mr. rustin as a human being, but it had to embody the people, the cause, the action. ♪ we're on the road to freedom ♪ >> so who does the heavy lifting for you? >> on a chilly new york day in chelsea, we visited the neighborhood where rustin lived. >> good to see you. >> his story, well known to the people living there. >> i was a real fan of bayard rustin. >> were you? >> yeah. i knew he lived here. >> yeah. >> you acis there any moment dun that movie you could say that's bayard? >> i think certainly the scene in dr. king's home with the kids

and singing. ♪ jesus is the light, i'm going to let it shine ♪ >> absolutely. that's the bayard that i knew. that's not the bayard that a lot of people saw because of the spirit and the humor and all of that. >> it's tricky playing a real person. you want to be sure you can do your work as an actor and work really hard. >> in 2018, nagle helped unveil a plaque honoring rustin in the neighborhood. his home in new york city was declared a historic place three years after presidential medal of freedom. their love story full of challenges as an interracial and same sex couple.

while marriage wasn't an option for them during his life, he was able to legally adopt the 33-year-old nagle so he could inherit his estate. do you remember the first time you actually met bayard? >> absolutely. it was an electric moment. i was getting ready to leaf new york to move to san francisco. we met on the corner and looked at each other and i never made it to san francisco. >> what do you miss most about him? >> his spirit, his liveliness, his joy in living. >> while they're alive, we should be giving gratitude and love. >> you said you stand on the shoulders of bayard rustin. >> those are some great shoulders to stand upon. we're in service to the people who laid the groundwork for us. you've got to know who did the work for you. you didn't just wake up and suddenly these liberties are

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♪ finally tonight, norman jewison has died. he began in television, but was quickly drawn to the big screen, finding success directing steve mcqueen in "the cincinnati kid." jewison would go onto helm classics like "fiddler on the roof." ♪ if i were a wealthy man ♪ >> "in the heat of the night." and "moonstruck." >> snap out of it! >> he was nominated for an oscar seven times and given an academy award for lifetime achievement in 1999. normal jewison was 97.