An unsung hero of the civil rights movement - Christina Greer
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In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington to nearly a quarter million people. None of it would have been possible without the march’s chief organizer – a man named Bayard Rustin. Christina Greer details his life of advocacy as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, and the challenges he faced as an openly gay Black man.
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- Educator
- Christina Greer
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- Anton Bogaty
- Narrator
- Christina Greer
- Animator
- Anton Bogaty
- Music
- Bamm Bamm Wolfgang
