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| Title: | Bayard Rustin |
| Date: | 1940-1987 |
| Description: | Instructional Web site recommended for grades nine through twelve featuring the transcript of an interview with Bayard Rustin for use in "Eyes of the Prize." In this interview transcript, civil rights leader Bayard Rustin recalls his role in the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation, the 1963 March on Washington, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Rustin and his support of Gandhian nonviolence had a major influence on the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., other civil rights leaders, and the demonstrations of the Civil Rights movement. Includes a background essay, discussion questions, and alignments to teaching standards. Major funding for this project is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Supported in part by a grant from the Open Society Institute. Grade range: 9-12. A transcript of an interview. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Instructional materials | Teaching guides | Resource units | Interviews | Transcripts | Oral histories |
| Subjects: | Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 | Morgan, Irene--Trials, litigation, etc. | African American civil rights workers | African American pacifists | African American men | African Americans--Civil rights | African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc. | Civil rights movements--United States | Equality | Nonviolence--United States | Social justice--United States | United States--Social conditions | United States--Race relations | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party | Congress of Racial Equality | Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) | March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963 | Journey of Reconciliation, 1947 | United States |
| Collection: | Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Special Collection |
| Institution: | WGBH Educational Foundation |
| Contributors: | Eyes on the Prize (PBS) | Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). Libraries. Special Collections | Teacher's Domain Civil Rights Special Collection | WGBH Educational Foundation |
| Online Publisher: | [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation | 2002/2008 |
| Original Material: | Henry Hampton Collection, Washington University Libraries, Saint Louis, Missouri. |
| Rights and Usage: | The Teachers' Domain Civil Rights Collection is a collaborative production of WGBH Education Productions, the WGBH Media Library, and WGBH Interactive, in partnership with the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and Washington University in St. Louis. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of: Teacher's Domain Civil Right Special Collection. A PDF viewer may be needed to view the interview transcript. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.teachersdomain.org/resources/iml04/soc/ush/civil/rustin/ |
