Bayard Rustin was a part of one of the most historic events in American History, the Civil Rights Movement. He is one of the unknown hero’s of the movement being one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s right hand men. Standing in the presence of Kings he was truly one of them. Responsible for assisting Dr. King in writing his speeches and being one of his closest friends and supporters Rustin was a true man of honor. In the midst of the Movement Rustin also had another movement spilling into his world, he was gay. Eventually he was fired from his post and in this performance he tells the story of what it felt like to fight for the freedom of part of who he was and not the other part. Was the timing not right, or was the Civil Rights Movement the first priority for America to deal with and the other freedoms would soon follow? It is a challenging story that shows the challenge of having to choose which part of yourself is most important and accepting that the things that we want or even need may take time to come to fruition. (Fiction)
