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This powerful and triumphant picture book biography tells the story of how openly gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin defied prejudice as he planned and organized the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

*An ALA Rainbow List Selection
*WINNER, Best Illustrations - Black Kidlit Awards
*Bank Street College's Best Books of the Year List 2024

*'A civil rights luminary finally gets his due. The prose works in perfect harmony with Jackson's warmly colored, stunning illustrations, which present Rustin as a gifted, passionate visionary whose talents helped turn the march from a dream into an unprecedented success. This work's greatest contribution is its unflinching honesty in demonstrating the backlash Rustin faced for being gay, both from White America and his own Black colleagues within the movement, who felt that his sexuality would detract from its success. A joyful tribute to the w

Unstoppable

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    A Hardback by Michael G Long, Bea Jackson

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      Publisher Little Bee Books
      Published 2 May 2023
      ISBN-13 9781499812060
      978-1499812060
      ISBN-10 149981206X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This powerful and triumphant picture book biography tells the story of how openly gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin defied prejudice as he planned and organized the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

      *An ALA Rainbow List Selection
      *WINNER, Best Illustrations - Black Kidlit Awards
      *Bank Street College's Best Books of the Year List 2024

      *'A civil rights luminary finally gets his due. The prose works in perfect harmony with Jackson's warmly colored, stunning illustrations, which present Rustin as a gifted, passionate visionary whose talents helped turn the march from a dream into an unprecedented success. This work's greatest contribution is its unflinching honesty in demonstrating the backlash Rustin faced for being gay, both from White America and his own Black colleagues within the movement, who felt that his sexuality would detract from its success. A joyful tribute to the w

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