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Bayard Rustin exhibited charismatic leadership and courage in the early days of the civil rights movement, inspired tens of thousands, and mentored Martin Luther King, Jr., in the principles of nonviolent protest. Yet his name is not accorded the same honor as others in part because, author John D'Emilio argues, he was the victim of American attitudes toward homosexuality during his lifetime. More about this book >
John D’Emilio was born in New York and received his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University in 1982. He currently is serving a five-year term as Director of the Gender and Women’s Studies Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, Mr. D’Emilio’s previous books include The World Turned: Essays on Gay History, Politics, and Culture and Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940-1970. He lives in Chicago.
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