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Bayard Rustin
American civil rights activist (1912–1987)
Bayard Rustin | |
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Rustin at a news briefing on the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on August 27, 1963 | |
| Born | (1912-03-17)March 17, 1912 West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | August 24, 1987(1987-08-24) (aged 75) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Wilberforce University Cheyney University City College of New York |
| Organization(s) | Fellowship of Reconciliation Congress of Racial Equality War Resisters League Southern Christian Leadership Conference Social Democrats, USA (National Chairman) A. Philip Randolph Institute (President) Committee on the Present Danger Omega Psi Phi |
| Movement | Civil Rights Movement, Peace Movement, Socialism, Gay Rights Movement, Neoconservatism |
| Partner(s) | Davis Platt (1940s) Walter Naegle (1977–1987; Rustin's death) |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
Bayard Rustin (BY-ərd; March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American political activist, a prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Rustin was the principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.[1]
Rustin worked in 1941 with A. Philip Randolph on the March on Washington Movement to press for an
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