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Walter Naegle (born 1949) [1] 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, [2] which commemorates Rustin's life, values, and legacy. [3]
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 · 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.
Jan 18, 2016 · Walter Naegle, who was with Bayard Rustin for the last 10 years of his life, shares his story of their relationship and how Rustin faced discrimination as a gay civil rights activist. Learn about Rustin's role in the March on Washington, his award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and his partners Davis Platt and Walter Naegle.
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Walter Naegle, was Bayard Rustin's life partner for over a decade before his passing. He is one of the first LGBTQ partners to accept a Presidential Medal of Freedom on their...
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Nov 18, 2023 · 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 marginalized for his identity as a...
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Rustin's partner Walter Naegle (left) holding the posthumous Medal of Freedom. In 2011, the Bayard Rustin Center for LGBTQA Activism, Awareness, and Reconciliation was announced at Guilford College, a Quaker school. [95]
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