Film Discussion: Brother Outsider

On November 20, 2013, Bayard Rustin was posthumously awarded the prestigious
Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. Who was this man? He
was there at most of the important events of the Civil Rights Movement – but always
in the background. BROTHER OUTSIDER asks “Why?” It presents a vivid drama,
intermingling the personal and the political, about one of the most enigmatic figures
in 20th-century American history.

One of the first “freedom riders,” an adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and A.
Philip Randolph, organizer of the march on Washington,was  intelligent, gregarious, and
charismatic, Bayard Rustin was denied his place in the limelight for one reason – he
was gay. This film contributes a fascinating new chapter to our understanding of both
progressive movements and gay life in 20th-century America.

PHXYou: LEA100-VLT-LGBTQ Film
(Course ID #207165)