Restoring a name, March on Washington 45 years later
Filed by: H. Alexander Robinson
August 28, 2008 11:00 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/08/restoring_a_name_march_on_washington_45.phpWho was the man who put Brother Martin on stage and organized the gathering of "the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation"?
Who was the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States? What great visionary was responsible for importing Gandhi's protest techniques to the American civil rights movement, and who through friendship, counsel and thoughtful collaboration helped mold Martin Luther King, Jr. into the international symbol of peace and nonviolence that has illuminated the world with his now hallowed "I have a dream"? Who created the platform for these words that beacon in the continuing struggle for civil and human rights? Who was this man? Bayard Rustin.
