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Walter Naegle (born 1949) is an American artist and photographer who is the surviving partner of late American Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin, and the executive director of the Bayard Rustin Fund, which commemorates Rustin's life, values, and legacy.
Jun 28, 2015 · Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and his life partner, Walter Naegle, wanted to legally protect their relationship. But it was the early 1980s, when marriage wasn't an option — and adoption...
Nov 17, 2023 · Walter Naegle: Bayard Rustin’s Partner is Now Honoring His Legacy. Kriti Mehrotra. November 17, 2023. Image Credit: StoryCorps/NPR. Although civil rights, socialism, non-violence, and LGBTQ+ rights movement activist Bayard Rustin never really hid his true sexual orientation, Netflix’s ‘Rustin’ really brings it into the limelight. After ...
Feb 12, 2014 · Last week Walter Naegle, Rustin's partner for the last 10 years of his life, spoke about his relationship with Bayard and his feelings about the medal. "I think it's wonderful. Certainly well...
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Illustration by Ping Zhu. By Elon Green. Oct. 19, 2015. In 1977, 27-year-old Walter Naegle was planning to go to San Francisco. He was living in New York City, which he found awful, when, while...
Nov 18, 2023 · Nov 18, 2023, 4:09 AM PST. Walter Naegle and Bayard Rustin. Courtesy of Walter Naegle. Bayard Rustin was a civil rights leader who organized the 1963 March on Washington. Rustin was...
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Jun 28, 2015 · Walter Naegle shares his story of falling in love with civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and their decision to adopt each other in the 1970s. Listen to his interview with his niece Ericka on StoryCorps, a project that preserves and shares stories of Americans.
