He's been called the lost profit of the civil rights movement and was key to the success

of the 1963 March on Washington.

I believe the March on Washington said to the American people,

we are now capable of having that kind of love and affection and absence of bigotry,

which means we can become one nation.

Coming up on more to the story, we're sharing a radio episode about a hero of mine, Bired Rustin.

It's from another time in my life before President Trump and COVID, and even before reveal.

You don't want to miss it.

Thank you. President Trump and COVID, and even before reveal, you don't want to miss it. This is more to the story.

I'm Al Letson and almost two decades ago at this point.

I hosted my first show called State of the Reunion.

It was a little program with big ambitions that I created with a small but passionate team.

One of them was Taki Tellinidis.

You hear his name and our credits here.

When I came to reveal, I dragged him along with me. Given that it's Black History Month,

Taki and I were reminiscing about one of our first episodes that we did on State of the Reunion

about Bayard Rustin. Rustin was a black gay Quaker who taught Martin Luther King the practice of nonviolence.

So we thought we would bring back this important episode produced by Tina Antalini, my sister

from another mister.

Now, one thing you got to know is when this thing came out, I was a baby host.

I was just getting started, still fresh from my

days as a performance poet.

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