Thursday Nights at the Museum is a weekly series where museum exhibits are open later and you can enjoy pop-up activities, a cash bar, food, and more!

During is 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 homosexually 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)

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.

ASL interpretation is available for programs with two weeks' advance notice. Please email access@mohistory.org to request ASL interpretation or with other accessibility questions.