How Rustin’s Costume Designer Toni Leslie-James Pulled Off Civil Rights Era Fashion 

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David Lee/Netflix By Robyn Mowatt ·Updated November 17, 2023

The George C. Wolfe-directed Rustin tells the story behind the historic 1963 March on Washington with a twist. Rather than centering around Martin Luther King Jr., the film tells it from the vantage point of Bayard Rustin, a gay Black activist who isn’t often associated with the monumental moment. Played masterfully by Colman Domingo, Rustin’s life is depicted in

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