NYC Mayor Eric Adams Proclaims 11/3 Bayard Rustin Day!
TODAY, 11/3 will be proclaimed Bayard Rustin Day in NYC by Mayor Eric Adams!
Netflix will be hosting a screening of Rustin at The Paris Theater in NYC for 300 high school and city college students at 4:30PM TODAY. At 6:15pm when the movie wraps, a proclamation from City Hall will be handed to Walter Naegle (Bayard Rustin's partner) designating 11/3 as Bayard Rustin Day in NYC and celebrating the theatrical release of the film.
This is a great honor, for a great man whose contribution to this country has greatly impacted us all and we would love your help in covering this historic moment!
The architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington, Bayard Rustin was one of the greatest activists and organizers the world has ever known. He challenged authority, never apologized for who he was, what he believed, or who he desired. And he did not back down. He made history, and in turn, he was forgotten. Directed by DGA Award and five-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe and starring Emmy Award winner Colman Domingo, Rustin shines a long overdue spotlight on the extraordinary man who, alongside giants like the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell Jr., and Ella Baker, dared to imagine a different world, and inspired a movement in a march toward freedom
RUSTIN is executive produced by Higher Ground’s Barack & Michelle Obama, Mark R. Wright and Alex G. Scott. Producers are Academy Award winner Bruce Cohen and Higher Ground’s Tonia Davis and George C. Wolfe.
he film features an all-star cast including Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Audra McDonald, Aml Ameen, Gus Halper, Johnny Ramey, CCH Pounder, Michael Potts, Carra Patterson, Adrienne Warren, Bill Irwin, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Jeffrey Wright, Lilli Kay, Jordan-Amanda Hall, Jakeem Dante Powell, Ayana Workman, Grantham Coleman, Jamilah Nadege Rosemond, Jules Latimer, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Frank Harts, and Kevin Mambo.