Bayard Rustin on The Success and Failures of The Civil Rights Movement (1979)

Bayard Rustin speaks on the effectiveness of The Civil Rights Movement and the steps needed to advance it into Economic Power for Black Americans. Full interview can be found at Afro Marxist KZbin channel • Eyes on the Prize: Bay...
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[@margaretmccall7726]

Bayard Rustin's contribution to the Civil Rights movement have been buried and overlooked for decades. He was one of the most effective strategist and organizers who worked with MLK. I wish we were able tap into the foresight he had then because it is sorely needed now.

[@guysovereign]

What would Bayard Rustin say about Colin Kaepernick?

[@ChvckMarshallMusic]

Well it appears that your words have come to fruition because Netflix just released a movie about him starring Coleman Domingo

[@WESTFREE2]

​@@ChvckMarshallMusicYaaaasss!!!

[@earlyreed357]

Yah niggas I swear.....🤦SMDH. THIS DUDE WAS ARRESTED FOR HAVIN SEX WIT BOYS AND YOU TALKIN BOUT A CONTRIBUTION?

[@cjermainesmith5229]

Yes, they overlooked him so much. It's time we bring his story out full vision...

[@stefonjackson2154]

Mentor Dr. King for the boycott in 1955. Debated with Malcolm X in 1960. Organized the March On Washington in 1963. A very powerful man doing the Civil Rights Movement.

[@Cyber_Diva]

He didn’t debate Malcolm X! He was schooled by Malcolm X. Otherwise, the other accomplishments are spot on.

[@everretchancellor2243]

@@Cyber_Diva where u in this era???

[@user-mx8kk4rd2e]

MLK Jr. didn't trust Rustin. So that's that.

[@Vince_theStormChaser]

@@Cyber_Diva Schooled by Malcolm X???!!! Are you “special”?????? Rustin did more for civil rights than Malcolm X did in his entire life.

[@johnnyflores5954]

Wrong, Malcolm X, put fear in the white power structure globally, not just in the US. If you think, Malcolm X, didn’t change anything, just look at the CIA, and FBI, transcript of how Malcolm X, scarred them.

[@jessicarosenblatt9601]

It succeeded because it was extremely concrete and extremely limited! Facts.

[@vinemp]

Baybeh...🤯🤕

[@thechuckycarteldoxingunit4273]

we should have supported that brother. All he wanted to do is take a knee before for the game. How we gone ever be free if we can't stand up for people standing up for us.

[@BlackBravoDelta]

If we are ever going to get free, we will need to first clean house and recognize plants, agents, & Frauds. Bayard Rustin is a NOW KNOWN agent. All that he did for the movement led to MLK, Malcolm X and many other real leaders demise

[@glantanem]

@@BlackBravoDelta What a load of conspiratorial, nasty, nonsense. Bayard Rustin did more for the black community than your ass will ever do.

[@BlazeOfGlory742]

Support him? He was a SNITCH

[@musiclover2.06]

@@BlackBravoDelta💯💯💯💯💯 And all he REALLY cared about was furthering the rainbow agenda. He says as much in another video clip I saw him in a few years back. This man’s been arrested more than once for being caught in the act with other men (public lewdness) out in public. Where did he come from all of sudden? What was his background?? Who decided to make him relevant to the cause at that time?? I strongly believe he was a PLANT/INFILTRATE placed in that position by the Z****ST. Anything to disrupt and destroy our community: What kind of representation is THAT: A sexual DEVIANT, and CLEARLY…a mentally disturbed man?? Listen to his affect when he speaks; it’s so OBVIOUS. He wasn’t playing with a full deck.

[@Findaway2day]

I appreciate this brother's contribution, he and Malcolm X differed on our progress forward. Malcolm taught us that the Democrats and the Republicans were two sides of the same coin, some paid attention and a large majority of us listened to Mr Rustin and started trying to win and progress through the polls, it took us until 2023 to start seeing with our eyes and hearing with our ears, we have no party, we have no friends in politics, we vote, we wait to see if anything different happens for us and it don't and it gets worse, so a large majority will now vote for the couch. NO REPARATIONS NO VOTE.

[@missshannon9790]

Malcolm x couldn't stand this man. He debated him several times. What are you talking about

[@aharper12]

Folks need to watch this interview right now!!

[@Ryan21888]

Vote for what? If we don’t see our advocates of our agenda on the ballot, then we’re engaging in an exercise to empower others. H Rap talked about this, the futility of voting for candidates we don’t know, who were put in front of us and we’re told “make a choice.”

[@blazebaby89]

Start putting up candidates that represent what your want

[@jusjoshandthemic]

I felt the same way but I didn't consider the option to downvote in the past. Like for me, I will not be voting for Biden or Trump, no matter what. It will be a downvote for president but I am still going to vote for (or against) other positions and local legislation.

[@blazebaby89]

@smith lovy by doing what I said. Support people you want to see in office. Look at what progressives are doing, we've been winning elections held by longtime democrats that have done a lot of nothing. The change isn't instantaneous but it *is* happening, and without big money.

[@jahermos]

Bernie Sanders was a good choice, but too many Dem voters went for the same old neoliberal candidates in the primaries.

[@creaivepurp5758]

you do know you can run for office. If you are this passionate, why not. People need a change. I guarantee you'll have support.

[@AfroMarxist]

✊🏿❤

[@NTakaNiggatron]

Economics is needed to solve voting/political issues, not the other way around.

[@jusjoshandthemic]

You don't solve the racial wealth gap/economics without politics. You also don't solve it without the protests and rebellions. They go hand in hand.

[@MSILBB]

Protests don’t do anything these days. That stopped during the civil rights era and the civil rights era was as productive as it was because we actually had an economic base. We now do not have an economic base due to integration so these days protests are ways to vent, that’s it.

[@MSILBB]

I also meant to add that your economic base is what controls your political landscape, which was the other person’s point. Many people think sheer voting will solve our issues and it won’t. Politics functions the same from the local to federal, money driven. Now of course you can vote on some measures but other than that, as a whole and how we need our issues solved on a federal basis, voting without having any sort of leverage is useless.

[@nanette3652]

Enjoyed "RUSTIN" and it is Oscar Nominated. Thank You for all your WORK 🎉

[@willielittle9301]

MLK was headed in that area of economic and human rights through the Poor People's Campaign in late 1967 through 1968 but he was assassinated in Memphis, TN on April 4th, 1968 and no collection of African American leaders were able to successfully continue the momentum ever since...

[@negloblaxon7616]

Maybe because that "momentum" was White Supremacy powered.

[@curiouslymavismade]

Absolutely. It's power in who we put in office, if you don't vote, dont complain.

[@negloblaxon7616]

Demon our people were "complaining" before slavery ended. So shut up.

[@missshannon9790]

I don't vote and I don't complain. Why vote for the people keeping us oppressed.

[@hansthomasandersen7836]

I did not Know the afro marxist channel..now; I'm a subsciber..Thanks reelblack...again!😃❤👌

[@PetrodollarDealEndedSoWakeUp]

SUBSCRIBER… can’t misspell the word & botch the SCRIBE part

[@jackspry9736]

RIP Bayard Rustin (March 17, 1912 - August 24, 1987), aged 75 You will be remembered as a legend.

[@negloblaxon7616]

To White Supremacists he will be

[@missshannon9790]

People barely know him. Malcolm x couldn't stand him. He was a negro. Thoroughly a part of the system. He's may be a civil rights icon but he's a villain to the Black Liberationist

[@DJWOLFLIVE]

Facts all day. That’s why we are still in the state we are as a community today!

[@kimbell4412]

Exactly

[@earlyreed357]

THE FACT IS your uncle Maynard got caught EXACTLY RED HANDED havin sex wit little boys. You still good!?

[@winstonnorton2774]

@DJWOLFLIVE I respectfully disagree that any of this has to do with politics. The ballot from its origin was NEVER meant for our utilization. It's has always been for the other persuasion(s) of people. Pursuing the plight for intergration was NEVER the best solution! It was the worse course of action!

[@DJWOLFLIVE]

@@winstonnorton2774 I don’t disagree with you on that I also believe integration was not the best solution for us either

[@onceagain6184]

​@@winstonnorton2774 Your comment is extremely ignorant and completely wrong

[@prissylily25]

Thank you. !! ❤❤❤

[@imagine07018]

Protest is useless when you have the ballot box? Does that apply when the political system itself is corrupt and unresponsive? I would expect something more sophisticated from a person of his stature.

[@ronroc]

He's so right about the ballot box issues of black voters not exercising their right to vote. That's so relevant today with the massive movement to restrict our voting priviledges.

[@kenyonwright3313]

It was ALL a failure, no changes presented.

[@fredwinslow744]

Don’t repeat what you have already achieved /done. We were achieving concrete things that are civil rights and now people want things that aren’t that We are now depending on rhetoric and a few politicians to achieve things

[@zeroturn7091]

The architect.

[@BlazeOfGlory742]

Of what? To be a CIA agent??

[@Ramonet3000]

He’s 100% on point! Black People don’t believe in voting yet want to complain about unfair treatment.

[@robertsessoms]

People living today want everyone to not know this History and say it is a level playing field

[@medusasunshine4705]

Thank u. Great share!!

[@michaelcosby6664]

Words of wisdom

[@daphnehall5416]

Wow!

[@marvinhagler4721]

Agent.. against his OWN people, i guess the movie is his celebration from the people he worked for 🤔

[@jenitojoao4477]

Thats what Malcolm X told you, You didnt care

[@baloo_2228]

Such a remarkable human being.

[@freddy8479]

A TURNCOAT TO THE MOVEMENT!!!!!

[@missshannon9790]

I feel the same way but specific what do you mean?

[@freddy8479]

​@@missshannon9790 He, unlike James Baldwin was NOT B1 (BLACK FIRST!!) Was an "ANTI-REPARATIONIST!!" I also heard in his later years that he was on the CIA's Payroll. Maybe you can GOOGLE further information.

[@capoislamort100]

@@missshannon9790He sold out the black power movement, him Roy Wilkins and all the rest of them negro leaders. His failure of opposing the Vietnam war and not condemning white society was his biggest undoing.

[@goathan4975]

AGENT!

[@thomaslaubli1886]

Yes, an agent is simply someone who acts. So what are you trying to tell us?

[@everretchancellor2243]

They have no proof he was an agent but it sounds good to say in todays society

[@user-vd6cd5pt7c]

No way Jose 😕😕😕😕

[@intheraw6393]

Im Blyden Jacksons daughter and the film done was a very interesting take on my father lol. He had ONLY respect for mr rustin AND dr King. Im si grateful they added him bc he was a huge part of the march as one if the main organizers! Rip dad

[@gracepoint-vo1hy]

❤❤❤

[@LittleHatori]

You just destroyed my show😅 Well 😐 (so?) Based 😂😂

[@autobotdiva9268]

the thumbnail........I.....CAN......NOT.....LMAOOOOOO

[@alinaborgen2671]

Fue un gran defensor de los derechos civiles por descrimination

[@BrandonSmith-rb1bf]

2022 Ballot Box also usless 😄

[@frederickbrooks2542]

Come on now we dont'need that now or then you got your thanks for not much

[@donaldkirksey97]

And those Rights were nothing to black people.

[@evonza4858]

The Civil Rights movement was better than NO action period😉❤️🖤💚✊🏾❤️🖤💚

[@negloblaxon7616]

The only action should have been Reparations and SEPERATION.

[@everretchancellor2243]

@@negloblaxon7616and what are you doing to make that happen ??? Are you organizing? Spending time, money , effort towards gettin it together? Or are you here as a hater on what someone else did?

[@aarondigby5054]

​@@negloblaxon7616integrating with the yte man was our first mistake, separation was the answer

[@MOBROOKS]

I like him.

[@user-vd6cd5pt7c]

A sell out in my book 📚📚📖 period yo

[@DeishaGuy]

Troll. Probably a fake page anyway. 😂🤦🏿‍♀️

[@micdynasty6438]

Divisions only beget divisions.

[@DMKKINGBIRDY]

What did voting get you all....nothing...or we wouldn't be addressing this still today....am I right...

[@pariswatkins4841]

Right On

[@jusjoshandthemic]

You're right and wrong. Bayard was right and wrong as well. Many black leaders are always talking about "you need this INSTEAD of that" when the reality is that there is no one action heals all wounds.

[@DMKKINGBIRDY]

@@jusjoshandthemic so how am I wrong then brother...lol

[@rovingwarrior3710]

Voting gives us the right to voice our demands. But if we have no consenous on concrete demands of which the fulfillment would be evidenced by their enduring actualization then what can we expect to get?

[@johntheprofessional5039]

If they took the right to vote from you I bet you’d be crying in your beer. You don’t appreciate something until it’s taken away.

[@DavidRoss-lo7kz]

Bayard Rustin 1912-87 . Rustin was always in the background because he was homosexual

[@darrylwilson9718]

Brazy

[@Yosef_Maharat]

Please. He was a snitch for the FBI/CIA and people saw right through him and later on it was proven.

[@michalsextion9664]

​@@Yosef_Maharatby who? Where was this proven? I would like to read about it...

[@everretchancellor2243]

No “So called Masculine men” would ever give anyone credit , especially not a gay blk man, no that’s beneath them.

[@cappriment]

Why has he been accused of snitching

[@AdHocAtom]

The astonishing thing is that the black community continues to vote for those who have contributed most to their oppression.

[@BlazeOfGlory742]

Flat out RAT 🐀

[@yankrothstein4811]

How many people can say they beat Malcolm x in a debate

[@nickx4576]

Where's the proof

[@slimcutz2081]

@@nickx4576 right.. Lol.

[@nickx4576]

@@slimcutz2081 Malcolm X to me dropped the mic when he spoke about on the difference between the Negro Revolution vs. the Black Revolution. It was really nothing left to say after that.

[@yankrothstein4811]

Nick X they had more then one debate it’s in the text..he got the first by general account...Malcolm got the second and in a way that was dominant...if you still need me to do your research I will...don’t get the name twist tho

[@PetrodollarDealEndedSoWakeUp]

@@yankrothstein4811more *THAN, not THEN… And it’s “Don’t get it TWISTED, not TWIST”. Instead of offering to research someone else’s research needs… research elementary English. If you want me to research it for you… I won’t. Message received? Be more polite next time.

[@jamesmiller3816]

Despite their lifestyles, I always considered Rustin a more pragmatic activist than James Baldwin; in my view, Baldwin was more of a talker than an activist(Doer).

[@cestladope]

Despite their being very intelligent people everyone has their own strengths/roles. Rustin was a strategist, and Baldwin was a gifted communicator. Their private lives weren’t relevant to their public work. What both men did with their respective talents was valuable to the project at large. Would you scold a hammer for not being a paintbrush when building or repairing a house? I invite you to adjust your view. Methods of activism vary from inspiration, information (and provocation of thought), instruction of initiative (and other actions). One should activate what they are best at to harness focus. A jack of all trades is a master of none. A movement needs masters.

[@jamesmiller3816]

@@cestladope You just submitted to me a very inane loquacious rant. My position speaks for itself; Rustin was more of an activist than Baldwin. Some say he was an agent, but that doesn't negate his activism in Harlem, nor does his Quacker religion. Baldwin was extremely articulate, but by now, we should know that articulation does not transform conditions. Observe the Civil Rights Leaders, Pastors, Political Pundits etc. The rhetoric is sweet sounding, but sour in reality. Finally, I was not a fan of either one of them, but my 60s activism impelled me , via observation, to credit Rustin for the work that he did in Harlem, and with the March on Washington. Cease with the rhetorical rant.

[@a1travel692]

Baldwin was most certainly an activist who put his life on the line for the movement and spoke up for blacks anywhere and everywhere he went and whenever he was questioned. Baldwin was most certainly a high force for progress and had a high impact during the civil rights era. Rustin did take his advocacy for the civil rights movement to another level by being a high level strategist and architect of civil rights movement and even wrote for Dr. King some very powerful speeches! His involvement transcended Baldwins in that regard...however...Baldwins influence on literature poetry and the Icon he became in amongst academics and scholars...made him a larger than life image and visual example for blacks..especially youths...that gave them the motivation to succeed in education and literature! Once all the smoke cleared, the net impact that both of these men had were identical. With Baldwin being the visual force of Nature and Ruston behind the scenes force of nature

[@earlyreed357]

IT AINT NO DESPITE THE LIFESTYLE. That's you niggas problems now....always lettin someone. This the same Maynard who got caught RED HANDED in sexual gay acts AND ITS NOT A PROBLEM!? Sound like a whole fool....

[@finderkeeperrrs]

Being is not a lifestyle or choice. So quit that bullshit if that's what you mean.

[@BlazeOfGlory742]

Rustin = SNITCH

[@cappriment]

I'm reading the comments and not aware of why some are calling him a snitch. Please inform me.

[@user-vd6cd5pt7c]

No hero in my book 📚📖📖

[@thatguybill34]

*It was a failure*

[@badrap5566]

A CIA agent.

[@glantanem]

Your hating on a black man that did more for the black community than 99.9999999% of black men that went before and after him. Who's the agent now?

[@alienishere002]

Let the truth about this man be told. He was an agent.

[@BrandonSmith-rb1bf]

I was wondering myself... Can you provide a link of someone discussing this? First thing they wanted me to know about him when I looked him up was that he was gay🙄... John G Jackson talked about how he pulled out of the Blyden Society which made me look him up

[@finderkeeperrrs]

​@@alienishere002 nope wrong

[@thomaslaubli1886]

You just want to live up to your reputation as a bad rapper.

[@jonahr.1236]

#HERO #ICON #BLACKEXCELLENCE