The Office of LGBTQ Student Life has a limited amount of discounted tickets to a very special event at the OUT at Chicago History Museum lecture series on Thursday, February 9 at 6:30pm.
- Bayard Rustin and Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1956
Bayard Rustin (1912–87) was instrumental in bringing Gandhi’s protest techniques from India to America in the 1940s, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and an organizer of the seminal 1963 March on Washington. Despite his achievements, Rustin was expunged from history—largely because he dared to be an openly gay man during a fiercely homophobic era. Join filmmaker Bennett Singer (codirector of Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin) and Rustin’s life partner Walter Naegle for a conversation on Rustin’s life and legacy—including his rediscovery by a new generation of Americans committed to social and economic justice.
Regular cost is $12, but the Office of LGBTQ Student Life is selling a limited quantity for $5! To RSVP and reserve a ticket, please email lgbtq@uchicago.edu. Tickets are available on a first come first serve basis, so be sure to RSVP and reserve yours as soon as possible!
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