Name: Documentary Screening: “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin”
Start: 2025-01-16T17:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-16T20:00:00-06:00
Location: 5700 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63112

$Documentary Screening: \u201cBrother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin\u201d$

The program starts at 6:30pm in the auditorium, but join us at 5:00pm for happy hour.
Join us for an early start to MLK Weekend and view a documentary. During his 60-year career as an activist, organizer, and “troublemaker,” Bayard Rustin formulated many of the strategies that propelled the American civil rights movement. His passionate belief in Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence drew Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders to him, and his practice of those beliefs drew the attention of the FBI and police. In 1963, Rustin brought his unique skills to the crowning glory of his civil rights career: organizing the March on Washington. But his open homosexuality forced him to remain in the background, marking him again and again as a “brother outsider." "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" combines rare archival footage with provocative interviews to illuminate the life and work of a forgotten prophet of social change. (Run time: 90 minutes)
Join us in the Grand Hall before our main-stage event to enjoy food and drinks available for purchase from the Key Bistro. Visit resource tables to learn more about local LGBTQIA+ and Black activism. Join MHS’s own Ian Darnell and Craig Greene with mini pop-up tours that focus on Black LGBTQIA+ history with connections to the civil rights movement. We invite you to challenge yourself in our activity of the night: a timeline challenge of civil rights in St. Louis!
The Thursday Nights at the Museum programming is presented by WashU. AAHI programming is sponsored by Wells Fargo.
Learn more: https://mohistory.org/events/bayard-rustin
Come back for more! Thursday Nights at the Museum are sometimes the most fun, sometimes the most thought-provoking, and always the most interesting night of your week. The museum exhibits are open late, and you’ll enjoy cash bar and food for purchase, pop-up activities, concerts, lectures, and more.