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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.
Nov 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.
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...
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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Nov 18, 2023 · This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Walter Naegle, an artist and photographer who is the surviving partner of Bayard Rustin, the late American Civil Rights leader. The...
That’s what American civil rights leader Bayard Rustin had to do to ensure protections for his life partner, Walter Naegle in the days long before marriage equality. It’s a fabulous story of love (and legalities), set in one our favourite places in the world, New York City.
Feb 19, 2015 · In celebration of Black History Month, I talked with Walter Naegle, who was pioneer civil rights activist Bayard Rustin's partner for the last decade of Rustin's life.
