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John D'Emilio: Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin
Women & Children First Books
2003-09-01
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Thursday, Sept. 4, 7:30 p.m.
5233 N. Clark St., Chicago, (773) 769-9299
In this fascinating new biography, John D'Emilio tells the full and remarkable story of Rustin's intertwined lives: his pioneering and public persona and his oblique and stigmatized private self. D'Emilio, a professor of history and of gender and women's studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago, is co-author of Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America. |
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This article shared 4418 times since Mon Sep 1, 2003
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