How to pronounce “bayard” in English

Bayard and A. Philip Randolph, they dealt largely with the issues of racial discrimination and segregation and Jim Crow from the '40s to the '60s.

Bayard didn't do that kind of thing.

Bayard did have relationships with black gay men-- sexual relationships.

Bayard Rustin was totally inspirational for me in college as well.

And Bayard had a relationship with James Baldwin, a friendly relationship, and they occasionally appeared on panels together and worked together

But Bayard was different because he was out there.

But Bayard was noted for carrying a walking stick, a cane.

But I arrived at Bayard Rustin when I was in college.

you see Bayard debating Malcolm X. You see Bayard at podiums talking and pointing his finger and very militant.

They went to Bayard, and they went to Ella Baker.

I had known who Bayard Rustin was.

So it would make sense why Bayard would be left out as a marginalized person, being queer.

I had previously known that Bayard Rustin had been in a long-term partnership with someone who was white,

As I've done research about Bayard, I've found very little of him engaging with black queer people of his generation.

Given the documentary and seeing where Bayard Rustin comes from as far as his Quaker upbringing, I think that gives us a lot of context

During the time that I met Bayard, there was.

uh it's uh uh Bayard Rustin uh Mr Rustin as you may know worked Tire tirelessly

if we also were told like them that Bayard Rustin a gay black man helped

And she failed to mention that Walter's partner had been Bayard Rustin, who I was a huge fan of, although I feel

And that's how I had heard of Bayard.

And so that was really the framework that Bayard had to operate in.

Bayard was one of the leaders who was an inspiration.

Something that I think about often is if Bayard was alive today, would he have been involved in any of the political fights

And Walter's been such an amazing ambassador for Bayard's legacy.

movement of the 60s uh don't mentioned that Bayard Rustin was gay Rustin said

So you were 27, and Bayard was 65.

African-American, how did you first learn about Bayard Rustin?

But I noticed in our history books, Bayard Rustin was purposely left out.

As I reflect on Bayard and this film, I'm struck by the fact that it just took me so long to learn about him.

I would love to know or have you speculate as to what Bayard would be thinking and doing today in terms of the political landscape,

And that's part of the reason I didn't feel like the film needed additional points of view to historicize Bayard.

But because I was interested in the movement in my high school years, and Bayard was showing up in the press quite a lot,

And also, I just want to thank you guys for humanizing Bayard for us and bringing home this notion of love and respect

Mott Street, L Street, Bayard Street-- and it started to grow from there.

As I said in the film, I was an old 27, and Bayard was a very youthful 65.

But having arrived at him in college as I was coming into my own sexual identity as a black gay man, I took hold to Bayard in a way

And I love how there are three distinct different views and perspectives on Bayard.

And so Matt, I was reading an article that you were quoted in, and you talked about Bayard's creative resistance.

So before we go to audience questions, Walter, I would love for you to tell us, what's the one thing that we wouldn't know about Bayard

So when Stokely Carmichael was coming up, people like that, they really went to Bayard as opposed to going to Roy Wilkins or Whitney Young.

So in terms of the pool of applicants, I guess you could say, for Bayard having relationships with people was not that great.

So I'm curious-- a question for Matt is, did you encounter any challenges-- since you were telling Walter's story, certainly, but this was also a story about Bayard.