Here's a rare recording of the great civil rights leader Bayard Rustin singing an old spiritual in a live concert. Used courtesy of the Bayard Rustin Foundation. [2:18]
Bayard Rusting transcript
Bayard Rustin spent his life in the struggle for civil rights through non-violence. A long-time advisor to Dr. King, he's probably best-known as the organizer for the 1963 March on Washington. A music major in college, Rustin always understood the particular power of songs, particularly spirituals, for the African-American community. Here is Bayard Rustin, in a 1973 concert, singing the old spiritual, Scandalize My Name. Music Up
