Ukiah >> On Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 5 p.m., in honor of Black History Month, the Mendocino County Library, Ukiah Branch, is hosting the PBS/POV documentary “Brother Outsider,” which explores the life and work of civil rights and LBGT activist Bayard Rustin.
Rustin was a pacifist, an experienced organizer, an adviser to Martin Luther King Jr., and openly gay. Because of the homophobia in the Civil Rights movement (and in the country in general), Rustin’s honesty about his sexuality was considered a liability, and he voluntarily remained in the background. Nevertheless he advised Martin Luther King on the nonviolent strategies used in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956 and was a central organizer for the March on Washington in 1963. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
Brother Outsider, a PBS/POV documentary, was created by filmmakers Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer.
Following the screening, Lorraine Dechter, General Manager of KZYX, will moderate a discussion of the film. All PBS/POV documentary screenings at Ukiah Library are food-friendly. Please feel free to bring your dinner or snacks.
