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.
During Bayard Rustin’s lifetime, he learned from different people across the globe in order to help him better fight for the equality and inclusion of Black people in America, homosexuals, and marginalized people. What other ways could Rustin have chosen to get his ideas and concerns to other sympathetic individuals? Do you think spending time studying in India was the most effective use of his time? Do you think working with Black and white groups in the south was the best way to get civil rights results?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Christina Greer
- Director Anton Bogaty
- Narrator Christina Greer
- Animator Anton Bogaty
- Music Bamm Bamm Wolfgang
- Sound Designer Bamm Bamm Wolfgang
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Associate Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma
