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  • Опубліковано 20 лют 2019
  • Learn about the life of Bayard Rustin, a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, a gay rights activist, and one of Martin Luther King’s closest advisors.
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    In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington to nearly a quarter million people. None of it would have been possible without the march’s chief organizer - a man named Bayard Rustin. Christina Greer details his life of advocacy as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, and the challenges he faced as an openly gay Black man.
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  • @-4subscriberswithahammerad521
    @-4subscriberswithahammerad521 5 років тому +1122

    The people you never hear of are the ones who help the most

    • @abthedragon4921
      @abthedragon4921 5 років тому +9

      That's usually how it works.

    • @StarSage66
      @StarSage66 5 років тому +18

      You're not wrong, but as time marches on we are given more opportunities to learn about the unsung heroes of prior generations, so there's a silver lining for everything. It's a damn shame that there will always be great men that are ignored in their day, even in the modern world, but no matter what there will always be someone doing amazing things that's out of the limelight. The best we can hope for is to do a better job than those before us at acknowledging our heroes out of the limelight.

    • @angelFTP
      @angelFTP 5 років тому

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    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 4 роки тому

      -4 Subscribers with a hammer addiction yup!

    • @runoz2839
      @runoz2839 5 місяців тому

      or king gave recognition in public...

  • @CloroxBleachCompany
    @CloroxBleachCompany 5 років тому +1142

    People who experienced segregation are still alive living and breathing today. You can still have a conversation with them about their grandparents who were born slaves. That’s how recent all of this is.

    • @Jordan_Dossou
      @Jordan_Dossou 5 років тому +15

      Wow

    • @godbearxd
      @godbearxd 5 років тому +27

      My mom was 8 when the civil rights movement ended.

    • @SameerHameedy
      @SameerHameedy 5 років тому +8

      God Bear my family isn’t from the USA but the past monarchy in their country ended segregation a long time ago.
      EDIT: the country is no long a monarchy,
      Also that’s my family’s home country I was born in the US.

    • @godbearxd
      @godbearxd 5 років тому +11

      @@SameerHameedy
      My great grandmother probably would've been old enough to remember slavery. I'd have to ask my mom when she was born.

    • @talkyourearoff2714
      @talkyourearoff2714 5 років тому +2

      My grandpa was a teen in the civil rights

  • @rukiddingme2251
    @rukiddingme2251 4 роки тому +320

    He went to my high school. There's a plaque outside. So interesting to know that his history isn't taught everywhere.

    • @syabilaazri7834
      @syabilaazri7834 3 роки тому +14

      That just sad, dude....some people just need to spread the history more...

    • @julesoxana3630
      @julesoxana3630 Рік тому +1

      We need to teach this more especially since its so recent

    • @rukiddingme2251
      @rukiddingme2251 8 місяців тому

      @@yusufuddin-qo3gf yea

  • @Scarletpooky
    @Scarletpooky 5 років тому +315

    I've never understood how someone who is the victim of discrimination and persecution, and knows how it feels, can turn around and victimise someone else.

    • @shazebrothers3
      @shazebrothers3 5 років тому +74

      The cycle of abuse is a cruel psychological trick the mind can play on itself sadly. It can be hard to break and can easily lead to the abused becoming abusers, luckily that isn't always the case and more and more people can reach out for help and step out of that shadow every day.

    • @theodore23sanchez
      @theodore23sanchez 5 років тому +46

      @Lars Chue But..
      But... But... Feminists!
      I, too, blame feminists, everytime the topic is something else entirely.

    • @spicybrown75
      @spicybrown75 5 років тому +7

      @Lars Chue meaning?

    • @scarla79
      @scarla79 5 років тому +1

      Talking about the Jewish people in Israel?

    • @littlegothgirl8869
      @littlegothgirl8869 4 роки тому

      Exactly.

  • @randomgreekmathematician3159
    @randomgreekmathematician3159 5 років тому +64

    'We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.'
    Very true.

  • @SciencewithKatie
    @SciencewithKatie 5 років тому +521

    You guys make me wanna learn how to animate all the time! They’re always done so well!

    • @tempname8263
      @tempname8263 5 років тому +1

      Why don't you learn animation then?

    • @augustinedaudu9203
      @augustinedaudu9203 5 років тому +4

      @@tempname8263 because it takes a lot of time and money. I want to do professional animations as well, but pads, tablets, and styluses can run you well over $100

    • @lightningonlycommentsonce5824
      @lightningonlycommentsonce5824 5 років тому +1

      @@augustinedaudu9203 If you're not passionate enough to spend money on something. Then you're not actually passionate about it.

    • @tempname8263
      @tempname8263 5 років тому +3

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      Heck, I've been using 30$ Genius tablet for the past 8 years.

    • @augustinedaudu9203
      @augustinedaudu9203 5 років тому

      @@tempname8263 Nolan said that they were supposed to be given to us, but it's very difficult to get them,

  • @aaditmalhotra
    @aaditmalhotra 5 років тому +286

    If Ted-Ed made an animation about my life, it would be better than my real life...

    • @karinag6836
      @karinag6836 3 роки тому +1

      I love that. And same 😂

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-13 5 років тому +10

    The only people we talk about is MLK and Rosa Parks when it comes to the Civil Rights Movement, but there were many others who don’t get talked about. Glad this video is shining light on one of the others.

  • @starcherry6814
    @starcherry6814 5 років тому +209

    Bayard Rustin practiced what he preached ✊

    • @victorviereck4117
      @victorviereck4117 5 років тому +8

      Unlike Gandhi, Believe me, I am a Indian historical student.

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 5 років тому

      Rup Ganguly Ikr. That guy was a wife beater and a strong believer in India’s oppressive caste system.

    • @adithya8445
      @adithya8445 5 років тому

      He was a man of his words..

    • @72vince27
      @72vince27 3 роки тому +4

      @@victorviereck4117
      That's why I always disliked Ghandi. He's a fraud that acted as if he stood for right, but did many wrongs. Kast system thinking.

  • @ashitmehta5000
    @ashitmehta5000 5 років тому +408

    Soooo they were protesting against segregation and had a problem with homosexuality? Weird times.

    • @jacobandrews2663
      @jacobandrews2663 5 років тому +122

      We're still in weird times... it hasn't stopped

    • @waqqas6799
      @waqqas6799 5 років тому +2

      @@jacobandrews2663 r/wooosh

    • @ohnonono1799
      @ohnonono1799 5 років тому +38

      @@waqqas6799 hahahaha r/wosh amirite lol r/foundthemobileuser Xdddd haha we did it reddit
      Edit:thanks for the gold kind stranger

    • @nzbg1132
      @nzbg1132 5 років тому +11

      that wasn’t a woosh lol

    • @nzbg1132
      @nzbg1132 5 років тому +1

      if he was offended maybe but he wasn’t

  • @MathieuBouvier
    @MathieuBouvier 5 років тому +227

    Can I nitpick? You could have put his name in the video title. At least for discovery.
    As is, it feels like Christina Greer is An unsung hero of the civil rights movement. I mean, she very well might be too - but that's not what the video is about ^^

    • @mikepoveyrulz
      @mikepoveyrulz 5 років тому +23

      Agreed, I got confused at first as I actually thought this was about some civil rights activist called Christina Greer

  • @SeanTheDon17
    @SeanTheDon17 5 років тому +11

    Not all heroes wear capes, and not all heroes get the spotlight they deserve. It’s nice to see respect paid to this Civil rights genius.

  • @timnazarian2163
    @timnazarian2163 5 років тому +221

    Damn the animation is on *fire*

    • @jeffree7976
      @jeffree7976 5 років тому +5

      You commented too fast to have even watched the video though???? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

  • @al_ha215
    @al_ha215 5 років тому +53

    Could you all stop complimenting the animation and admire this man?

    • @cv4809
      @cv4809 5 років тому +2

      Admiring a commie?hah

    • @keylawarburton5787
      @keylawarburton5787 3 роки тому +4

      @@cv4809 excuse me and would like to say that his former political views don’t take away from his great acts !

  • @yjoltetepique8555
    @yjoltetepique8555 5 років тому +101

    How is it that all people are taking away from this video is that ted ed can make good animation??

  • @Simtar123
    @Simtar123 5 років тому +28

    Sometimes i feel like alot of sad history is closer than we often think about, and the effects and aftermath are still felt in certain places.

  • @MakedaPhillips
    @MakedaPhillips 5 років тому +12

    So glad you all did this! So many people dont know him. I'm glad he's finally getting the recognition he deserves. If anyone is interested, the book Time on Two Crosses is super good to read about his life.

  • @naveenraj2008eee
    @naveenraj2008eee 5 років тому +159

    I have learned about new information. Cool animation. Thank you ted.ed...😀👏👏

  • @cormacsmithy3975
    @cormacsmithy3975 5 років тому +33

    I read the title thinking Christina was the name of the man in the video. "That's a strange name for a dude" I thought.

    • @andrejors9501
      @andrejors9501 5 років тому +4

      me too.. i keep on waiting for this Christina to shows up.. legitimately thinking she's Rustin's mother or something

  • @smegid586
    @smegid586 5 років тому +25

    Embarrassed to learn about this guy after 2013, but it's nice to know who he is.

  • @larrynguyen85
    @larrynguyen85 5 років тому +8

    So inspiring - his tenacity, conviction and organizational savvy. Thank you for this video!

  • @The6Master6Mind6
    @The6Master6Mind6 5 років тому +21

    Don't forget to mention A. Philip Randolf as well. Him and Bayard Rustin are unsung heroes of the civil rights movement.

  • @phantombeard6262
    @phantombeard6262 5 років тому +30

    Amazing job as always Ted-Ed. Learned something new, History vs Sigmund Freud?

  • @EchoL0C0
    @EchoL0C0 5 років тому +15

    Include Bayard Rustin in the title!

  • @Taikamuna
    @Taikamuna 5 років тому +61

    This video is my dream

  • @jaibanks7151
    @jaibanks7151 3 роки тому +2

    His profile on the view brought me here. & am shocked that i had Never heard of him! & i considered myself well verse on social issues! ( may he continues to Rest in paradise forever 🤲.) ( All Love from oakland California)

  • @dst8002
    @dst8002 5 років тому +5

    Thank you for introducing me to this rockstar. Will read up more on him...

  • @abuibu
    @abuibu 4 роки тому +3

    Watch the NYT video on Bayard Rustin done by the great Coleman Hughes. It's brilliant and dives deeper into his ideological roots. Rustin would've hated what's happening today, but not for reasons you might think.

  • @user-rq1un8fm6h
    @user-rq1un8fm6h Місяць тому

    How have I not heard about Rustin? He's a hero!! He is so unique & his story is inspiring!!

  • @angrypanda5147
    @angrypanda5147 5 років тому +23

    This video was very well done, I love the topic and the animations! Thanks ted ed

  • @ahsanabbas6622
    @ahsanabbas6622 5 років тому +19

    Animations are SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTH!!!!!❤️❤️💪🔥

  • @MrGA555
    @MrGA555 5 років тому +3

    This guy was so centrist that each side didnt like him lol. What a legend!

  • @blackjackington
    @blackjackington 5 років тому +6

    He sounds like an extraordinary person. Thanks for bringing this bloke to my attention. Well done.

  • @seewardone
    @seewardone 5 років тому +1

    He never needed the limelight, he never 'performed', Bayard Rustin is a true hero.

  • @thehamoodiandoctor5792
    @thehamoodiandoctor5792 5 років тому +35

    I got two notifications.
    I chose this.

  • @BobMcCoy
    @BobMcCoy 5 років тому +9

    *I will definitely sing heroic songs about Bayard Rustin!*

  • @HelgaCavoli
    @HelgaCavoli 5 років тому +2

    Thank you, Rustin. We need more of you. And supporters of people like you.

  • @AdityaSingh-bz6dg
    @AdityaSingh-bz6dg 5 років тому +32

    The animations of ted ed us the best 😍

  • @eyesack2546
    @eyesack2546 4 роки тому +2

    This is hitting hard right now

  • @DrMambo21
    @DrMambo21 5 років тому +7

    Great video as usual, but the title makes it sound like it's about Christina Greer

  • @shivsah9299
    @shivsah9299 3 роки тому +1

    A high school is named after him: Bayard Rustin High School. I go to West Chester East High School that is not so far from Rustin High School

  • @carloslanza2046
    @carloslanza2046 5 років тому +1

    TED ED is so important to me. I escape my life in these less than 5 min long videos ❤️

  • @Qlegal
    @Qlegal 5 років тому +10

    In Ted-ed we trust. Muito boooom !

  • @XOPOIIIO
    @XOPOIIIO 5 років тому +11

    Blacks are numerous, that is why they can be able to fight unequality. But there are minorities who can't change status quo, because there are too few of them, and they are too hated.

  • @stylizedbasix1257
    @stylizedbasix1257 5 років тому +17

    Why don't we learn this at school

    • @WraithX959
      @WraithX959 5 років тому +5

      STYLIZED BASIX Because the powers that be don’t want an educated populace.

    • @0griggs
      @0griggs 5 років тому +3

      You know why.

  • @pushpaksil5063
    @pushpaksil5063 5 років тому +1

    The unsung heroes are the only heroes that have helped the world be in a better place.... Whom of we have almost never heard of....
    Keep it uo tech ed for bringing up such content

  • @maruthuk
    @maruthuk 4 місяці тому

    Looks like really an unsung hero, thanks for bringing him into light and getting much deserved attention for his efforts and service to the welfare of America!

  • @elisampugliese
    @elisampugliese 5 років тому +5

    So happy he’s getting the recognition he deserves.

  • @m3rrsy
    @m3rrsy 4 роки тому +4

    I really liked the video; very informative and inspiring, especially in the 2020 Riots that occurred after George Floyd’s death #blacklivesmatter

  • @Aisha-ix6qz
    @Aisha-ix6qz 5 років тому +4

    What a wonderful man !

  • @BoyProdigyX
    @BoyProdigyX Рік тому

    I'm always in awe of people who "DO", and feel compelled to always fight the status quo. There really are these radical beasts of change, and may they always be around until, hopefully, we no longer need them.

  • @fiorefiore9910
    @fiorefiore9910 5 років тому

    Great timing! I watched Full Frontal's segment about Rustin and the civil rights movement just a few days ago and I was thinking about doing a little more research into his life

  • @aaronTGP_3756
    @aaronTGP_3756 Рік тому

    The other leader of the March was Asa Philip Randolph. He almost did a March on Washington in 1941 before FDR created the Fair Employment Act.

  • @minim-ms
    @minim-ms 5 років тому

    YES YES YES!!! Bayard Rustin needs more recognition!

  • @timjack129
    @timjack129 5 років тому +5

    On the topic of unsung heroes can you make a video on Mary Seacole?

    • @ferencragoczy5892
      @ferencragoczy5892 5 років тому +1

      Extra History has a great one about Mary Seacole.

  • @agnivamaiti1202
    @agnivamaiti1202 5 років тому

    Always nice to hear about people who followed Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy.

  • @MarkArandjus
    @MarkArandjus 5 років тому

    The unsung hero of this channel is whoever is booking the animators!

  • @honey3762
    @honey3762 5 років тому

    I wish we would have had videos like this when I was a kid in school, I think we just had one vhs tape we watched every year
    really great video

  • @kaystarlo
    @kaystarlo 5 років тому +1

    This is really good. I've never heard of him

  • @hollyxo2898
    @hollyxo2898 5 років тому +8

    I love this 😍😍

  • @Water_Me_Loan_64_YT
    @Water_Me_Loan_64_YT 2 роки тому +1

    Bayard Rustin deserves his own Film.

  • @nzbg1132
    @nzbg1132 5 років тому

    protesting won't save us
    action speaks louder than words

  • @bonkahermitakaintjudge9228
    @bonkahermitakaintjudge9228 5 років тому

    Legitimate conscious objection should always be allowed but it must remain in that realm because freedom should not resemble chaos. People must return to bargaining in good faith.

  • @jacobzaranyika9334
    @jacobzaranyika9334 2 роки тому

    Thank you 🙏 again TED-Ed
    I think I have watched this before

  • @andrewh2699
    @andrewh2699 5 років тому

    WOAH, in Science Olympiad, near Philadelphia, there is an invitational that is held in Bayard Rustin HS, named after this man!

  • @c_p1858
    @c_p1858 5 років тому

    The narrator’s voice is really nice and the animation is so good 😍

  • @johnnybadboy3475
    @johnnybadboy3475 5 років тому

    The title makes it seem like Christina Greer is the civil rights hero.

  • @MonteiroM
    @MonteiroM 5 років тому

    Incredible how it was only a few years ago.

  • @melancholicruby2873
    @melancholicruby2873 5 років тому +3

    Can you guys make a vid about Gregorio H. Del Pilar?

  • @lukeboss7853
    @lukeboss7853 5 років тому

    Nice job Byron Rustin! We must keep equality without violence!

  • @pratikb8131
    @pratikb8131 5 років тому +7

    At least we are able to minimize apartheid

  • @unleashingpotential-psycho9433
    @unleashingpotential-psycho9433 5 років тому +3

    Christina is amazing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @snaketooth0943
    @snaketooth0943 5 років тому

    Loving these new videos on the civil rights movement!

  • @erraticonteuse
    @erraticonteuse 5 років тому

    He also probably coined the phrase "Speak truth to power" in a Quaker pamphlet on non-violence in 1955.

  • @divyanshverma2700
    @divyanshverma2700 5 років тому +3

    My favourite person is marther Luther king jr

  • @funion7678
    @funion7678 3 роки тому

    thank you

  • @iyanuoluwaadenle
    @iyanuoluwaadenle 5 років тому

    Thank you for this video.

  • @jonesydefaulty4459
    @jonesydefaulty4459 5 років тому +1

    He is now.

  • @AsoftDolphinn
    @AsoftDolphinn 3 роки тому

    Him and Robert Jebediah Freeman are real unsung heroes

  • @psifigal8229
    @psifigal8229 5 років тому

    Love the quote at the beginning!

  • @claudiakinuthia6261
    @claudiakinuthia6261 5 років тому

    This is so helpful. Thank you Ted ed

  • @asaasura6901
    @asaasura6901 5 років тому +1

    This animation.😍

  • @Nobody-ml5ym
    @Nobody-ml5ym 5 років тому

    Off topic, Can you make a video on how humanity have created perfection(rulers, perfect square tv and wheels)?

  • @juliemarie3082
    @juliemarie3082 5 років тому

    I cried. ❤️

  • @commenterdev9735
    @commenterdev9735 5 років тому

    Amazing use of audio in the video; it felt really immersive. Fantastic and very educational!

  • @RobinsBlu
    @RobinsBlu 5 років тому

    I have a feeling that if there's a movie about this man, Chadwick Boseman can play him. You guys have anyone else in mind?

  • @flatknatbread60
    @flatknatbread60 5 років тому +4

    When I saw the title I thought it was about the Philippines
    DANG IT!

  • @brittanydavis4546
    @brittanydavis4546 5 років тому

    I am glad that tedtalk did this video.

  • @katherineknapp4370
    @katherineknapp4370 10 місяців тому

    He is definitely a hero. 😊

  • @elninorosario
    @elninorosario 5 років тому

    1:15 .. so proud

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena 5 років тому

    Bayard deserve the award but they should have awarded it when he was still alive to accept or deny it.

  • @ohmylorrd
    @ohmylorrd 5 років тому +3

    Thank you. We needed this after that fake Jussie attack mess.

  • @carlosgutierrez3918
    @carlosgutierrez3918 5 років тому +2

    For some reason I thought it was gonna be Whitney Young

  • @redhotscrapper
    @redhotscrapper 5 років тому

    Very well done as always.

  • @patrickmorman8638
    @patrickmorman8638 5 років тому

    "I have many dreams. Not just one-in my sleep." -Martin Luther King Sr.

  • @rosiecotts4732
    @rosiecotts4732 5 років тому

    When educating is best without noise. I couldn't hear it at times. Way too loud. Content😍

  • @hornybodhisattva
    @hornybodhisattva 4 роки тому

    The real mastermind behind the civil
    Rights movement

  • @normankelley
    @normankelley Рік тому

    Bayard Rustin is hardly an "unsung hero of the civil rights movement." He is the person who organized the March on Washington and after civil rights acts of 1964 and 1965, wrote that the movement should go from "protest to politics."

  • @jeffcarroll1990shock
    @jeffcarroll1990shock 5 років тому

    Thanks for the information