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rustin biopic you should play him >> i feel there's been a secret society of people who knew about bayardustin. this opportunity came at 51 year old when he organized the march on washington. i had a lot of what i needed to do this film >> reporter: in terms of life experience >> life experience, leadership skills i stored up a lot that i needed. >> reporter: rustin was a critical force behind the 1963 march on washington where around 250,000 people gathered. the organizer, seen here behind dr. martin luther king jr. anything you learned about him surprise you >> there's so much that surprised me about him i was surprised at his candor and his wit and how he used language as his weapon >> that we have effective civil rights legislation - >> reporter: raised by his grandparents, rustin studied the nonviolent principles of gandhi and is credited with introducing nonviolence to king, later becoming one of his closest advisers rustin working alongside the likes of a. phillip randolph, ella baker and john lewis there can be a desire to present this kumbaya sentiment when it comes to the civil
rustin biopic you should play him >> i feel there's been a secret society of people who knew about bayardustin. this opportunity came at 51 year old when he organized the march on washington. i had a lot of what i needed to do this film >> reporter: in terms of life experience >> life experience, leadership skills i stored up a lot that i needed. >> reporter: rustin was a critical force behind the 1963 march on washington where around 250,000 people gathered. the...
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and so james baldwin and an amazing man named bayard rustin called for people all over the country to wear black arm bands that year to mourn for the children, the four girls, cynthia, addie, may, carol and denise, who were 11 to 14 years old. and there was a call to wear black armbands all over the country and to have memorial services for these little girls. and so that's exactly what we did in des moines. and that's the first time we learned about black armbands, that they're a symbol of mourning, of sadness and grief. and i know there are a lot of young people right now in our country and in our world that are feeling a lot of sadness and a lot of grief. and i was a trauma nurse with children and teenagers. and so i like speaking with students about these issues and encouraging them to speak up about the issues that affect them. because as i found out, it's actually good for their health, it's good for their mental health, their physical health, all of it to express themselves and to advocate for their own interests. tinker b, des moines decided 55 years ago and february 1969 the
and so james baldwin and an amazing man named bayard rustin called for people all over the country to wear black arm bands that year to mourn for the children, the four girls, cynthia, addie, may, carol and denise, who were 11 to 14 years old. and there was a call to wear black armbands all over the country and to have memorial services for these little girls. and so that's exactly what we did in des moines. and that's the first time we learned about black armbands, that they're a symbol of...
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rustin, and other traditional civil rights heroes, to say that actually they didn't go far enough and they should have put race on the front burner. what happened is that ideology percolated inside the academy for a few decades, and then just in the past decade, starting around 2013, those ideas that had been essentially dormant in certain corners of academia academia really spread throughout society and have had vocal exponents such as mexican, mexican and robin d'angelo, who say that rather than strive for colorblind society, rather than strive for a society where someone's race doesn't mean anything at all, and recognize that race only in deep, we should strive for a society where everyone reflects deeply on their racial identity. we teach kids at a young age that their race most important aspect of air we put in racial categories and every piece of public policy and every public policy, including emergence situation like covid, should be viewed through the lens of reducing racial disparities, that of breeding people that need the treatment the most on a race blind basis. and so yo
rustin, and other traditional civil rights heroes, to say that actually they didn't go far enough and they should have put race on the front burner. what happened is that ideology percolated inside the academy for a few decades, and then just in the past decade, starting around 2013, those ideas that had been essentially dormant in certain corners of academia academia really spread throughout society and have had vocal exponents such as mexican, mexican and robin d'angelo, who say that rather...
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>> whit: domingo is up for best actor for his powerful performance portraying civil rights activist bayard organizing the march on washington. >> whit: what did you know about him before you read the script? >> i know more than most people because i learned about him when i was about 19 years old when i was a student at temple university, when i joined what is called the african american student union. i thought, who is this? and the fact that he organized the march on washington and he was openly gay, my mind was blown as a 19 year old. probably a 19 year old who was still sort of like trying to navigate his way as an openly gay man as well. i found, oh, here is somebody who is really owning his power. i wonder and i question if maybe the fact that i stumbled upon him when i was about 19 years old, how it affected me and how i navigate my way through my industry in many ways, how i believe that i should be regarded by the way i see myself. i feel like that's limitless. >> boy! >> whit: domingo played mister in the recent adaptation of "the color purple", oprah winfrey one of the producers
>> whit: domingo is up for best actor for his powerful performance portraying civil rights activist bayard organizing the march on washington. >> whit: what did you know about him before you read the script? >> i know more than most people because i learned about him when i was about 19 years old when i was a student at temple university, when i joined what is called the african american student union. i thought, who is this? and the fact that he organized the march on...
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rustin, from a lot of the leaders they knew humphrey had with them from 1948, from and really from before then in minneapolis i think that the attrition wasn't from the civil rights community, it was from liberals, young voters. look, my parents voted for humphrey. i'm glad to say they weren't stupid, but i remember them. canvasing for gene mccarthy and the young people who thought that rfk was exhilarating and didn't turn out in numbers. and mccarthy voters who didn't out in numbers, that's where it was. i don't think it was lost with with the black community as we saw. in 2020, the black knowing what's at stake if a hostile president is elected, tens, a very clear sense of what you do when you're in voting booth. and it's not about perfection or about a long loyalty oath and that's my sense of were was in six eight. okay i'm obviously well, it seems to me that jesse jackson, andrew young. julian bond, they were all for kennedy vocally. so kennedy was not on the ballot, though when i'm talking about the general election sort oh in the primaries. no, it's not. i'm sorry, i misunderstood.
rustin, from a lot of the leaders they knew humphrey had with them from 1948, from and really from before then in minneapolis i think that the attrition wasn't from the civil rights community, it was from liberals, young voters. look, my parents voted for humphrey. i'm glad to say they weren't stupid, but i remember them. canvasing for gene mccarthy and the young people who thought that rfk was exhilarating and didn't turn out in numbers. and mccarthy voters who didn't out in numbers, that's...