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Bayard Rustin: The man who transformed the civil rights movement

It was strategist Bayard Rustin – a pacifist and gay Black man – who organized the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I have a dream” speech. But Rustin’s role in transforming the civil rights movement has been largely forgotten. “Rustin,” a new film directed by George C. Wolfe and ... Read More »

U.S. and Israel have had “conversations like friends do on the hard questions,” Jake Sullivan says

National security adviser Jake Sullivan tells “Face the Nation” that the U.S. has pressed Israel to distinguish between Hamas and Palestinian civilians amid growing pressure to protect civilians in Gaza as Israel expands its raids. “We have conversations like friends do on the hard questions that I talked about before — on issues associated with humanitarian aid, on distinguishing between ... Read More »

10/29: Sunday Morning

Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Jim Axelrod talks with a sideman musician, backup ballplayer and Broadway understudy about their roles performing just outside of stardom. Plus: Martha Teichner interviews former President Barack Obama about a new film that spotlights Bayard Rustin, a marginalized figure in the 1960s civil rights movement; David Pogue profiles singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, who ... Read More »