We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin

About this book

Bayard Rustin dedicated his life to helping othersfighting injustices and discriminationsso that people could live as one. Protesting segregation long before there was a civil rights movement he often was arrested for his beliefs and actions. As a nonviolent activist Bayard made his mark working alongside many African American leaders notably A. Philip Randolph and Martin Luther King Jr. As an organizer Bayard was largely responsible for bringing people together to walk for freedom and jobs in Washington D.C. on that memorable summer day August 28 1963. With style and careful attention to history Larry Dane Brimner captures a story of passion courage and triumph through Bayards own words and archival photographs in this Jane Addams Childrens Book Award winner.