EVENT PROGRAM
nWelcome:
Jonathan Capehart
Washington Post Columnist/MSNBC Contributor
nIntroduction of Film:
Patrik-Ian Polk
Singer, Director, Writer, Producer
Noted Film - Noah’s Arc: Jumping the Broom
nFilm Screening:
Documentary Segment on the 1963 March on Washington
BROTHER OUTSIDER: THE LIFE OF BAYARD RUSTIN
by Bennett Singer & Nancy Kates
nPersonal Reflection:
My Participation in the 1963 March
Lorretta Johnson
Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
nRemarks:
Clayola Brown, President, A. Philip Randolph Institute
nRemarks & Introduction of
The Honorable Thomas E. Perez
Mary Kay Henry
International President, Service Employees International Union
nKeynote Address
The Honorable Thomas E. Perez
United States Secretary of Labor
nPoetry Reading:
“Freedom Train” by Langston Hughes
Steven Webb, Senior at Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL
n“Reflections on Bayard Rustin” Panel Discussion:
Moderator: Jonathan Capehart
Panelists:
o Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
District of Columbia
o Norman Hill, President Emeritus
A. Philip Randolph Institute
o Eric Arnesen, Professor of History
The George Washington University, Washington, DC
o Wade Henderson, President
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
nScreening:
Documentary Segment on Rustin’s Later Years
BROTHER OUTSIDER: THE LIFE OF BAYARD RUSTIN
by Bennett Singer & Nancy Kates
nTribute to Mandy Carter for Bayard Rustin 2013
Commemoration Project
Sharon J. Lettman-Hicks
Executive Director, National Black Justice Coalition
Human Rights Campaign and the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
nRemarks:
Mandy Carter, National Coordinator
Bayard Rustin 2013 Commemoration Project
National Black Justice Coalition
nRemarks & Announcement of Shanker Institute
Fellowship to National Black Justice Coalition
Randi Weingarten, President
American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
nReading of Rustin Letters:
Walter Naegle, Rustin’s Surviving Partner
nClosing: Jonathan Capehart
nMusical Selection by Bayard Rustin (recording)
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