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Bayard Rustin (1912–1987) was a human rights activist known for his work during the Civil Rights Movement. Rustin was a key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest advisors, especially on techniques of nonviolent resistance.
Rustin, Bayard. March 17, 1912 to August 24, 1987. A close advisor to Martin Luther King and one of the most influential and effective organizers of the civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin was affectionately referred to as “Mr. March-on-Washington” by A. Philip Randolph (D’Emilio, 347).
Jun 1, 2018 · Bayard Rustin was an indispensable force behind the civil rights movement...and openly gay. By: Thaddeus Morgan Updated: January 2, 2024 | Original: June 1, 2018
Nov 17, 2023 · Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader, in the new biopic “Rustin.” Jon Pack/Netflix. By Tiffany Martinbrough. Published Nov. 17, 2023 Updated Jan. 24, 2024. As an...
Feb 25, 2021 · American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin is often overlooked as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. But nevertheless, his influence and impact was instrumental to the movement he helped...
Nov 6, 2023 · A musical, “Bayard Rustin: Inside Ashland,” about his imprisonment as a pacifist during the Second World War, premièred last spring, near Rustin’s birthplace, in Pennsylvania. The production...
Yet of all the leaders of the civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin lived and worked in the deepest shadows, not because he was a closeted gay man, but because he wasn’t trying to hide who he...
