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"Bayard Rustin was a troublemaker. He spent his life disrupting racism and prejudice with nonviolent direct action. He organized protests against war, nuclear weapons, racial segregation and discrimination. He was a friend and mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and he was unapologetically gay and Black. When Bayard and his mentor, A. Philip Randolph, set out to organize the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Bayard was targeted by those who wished to see the movement fail. But Bayard Rustin would not be stopped. With the support of Dr. King and future congressman John Lewis, Bayard organized the largest protest in civil rights history--
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Michael G. Long has a Ph.D. from Emory University and is the author or editor of numerous books on nonviolent protest, civil rights, LGBTQ+ rights, politics, and religion. Long's first YA nonfiction biography-a coauthored book titled
Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington (City Lights Books)-earned starred reviews in
Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and the
School Library Journal. The Bank Street Center
, Kirkus, and
SLJ selected
Troublemaker as a best book of the year. Long has also written on civil rights and protest for the
Los Angeles Times, The Undefeated (ESPN), the
Progressive, the
Chicago Tribune, the
Chicago Sun-Times, the
New York Daily News, the
Afro,
USA Today, the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the
Huffington Post. Long lives in Lower Allen Township, PA, with his family and their Boston terrier, George Abner.
Bea Jackson is the
New York Times bestselling illustrator of
Parker Looks Up. Bea attended the College for Creative Studies and is the grand prize winner and returned alumni of L. Ron Hubbard's Illustrator of the Future Award of 2007. Bea loves telling stories through her art, from dynamic and diverse character designs, to delightfully fun and energetic children's books. Learn more at beagifted.com.
