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The Wisdom of Bayard Rustin (Original Post)
Ian David
May 2012
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William769
(55,145 posts)1. Recommended.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)2. Beyond great. But it belongs in GD.
Where *everyone* can see it. I'll post it there tonite if no one else does.
enough
(13,257 posts)3. A public high school in my vacinity is named for Bayard Rustin.
Rustin High School in West Chester, PA, where Rustin was born. I found an interesting biographical video of Rustin on the school's website.
Link to the video:
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)4. Speaking of "inconvenient constituencies"
Phobic DL preachers can suck my dick (only in a metaphorical way).... Mr. Rustin is a far more truthful preacher than those hypocrites will ever be.
Maven
(10,533 posts)5. Brilliant...he was one of the greatest heroes this country has ever seen.