“Rustin,” a biopic that depicts how Rustin navigated a gantlet of personal and political hurdles to pull off the March on Washington, debuts on Netflix today.
Rustin was the “glue guy” leader for the civil rights movement.
Colman Domingo, center, as Bayard Rustin in "Rustin," which premiered Nov. 17 on Netflix after a brief run in theaters.
Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin exhorts young civil rights volunteers in a scene from "Rustin."
Some of that patriotism may seem naïve now, but it furnished the civil rights movement with tremendous vitality.
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