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The civil rights leader who would hate identity politics

A new film tells the story of Bayard Rustin, a gay, black activist who was steadfast in his support for Jewish causes

By Robert Philpot

5 min read
Martin Luther King (centre) with his wife Coretta Scott King and colleagues during a civil rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery, March 1965. Bayard Rustin is third from left (William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)