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Bayard Rustin (March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an African-American civil rights activist, important largely behind the scenes in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and earlier and principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He counseled Martin Luther King, Jr. on the techniques of nonviolent resistance.
Early life
Rustin was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He was raised by his maternal grandparents. Rustin's grandmother, Julia, was a Quaker, though she attended her husband's A.M.E. Church. She was also a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). NAACP leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and James Weldon Johnson were frequent guests in the Rustin home. With these influences in his early life, Rustin campaigned against racially discriminatory Jim Crow laws in his youth.
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DO YOU KNOW BAYARD RUSTIN? HE FOUGHT FOR YOU "leaders" of the people you got to the march Turned their... http://bit.ly/QMpdt #gay #news
When 1 protests society's refusal 2 acknowledge his dignity as human being, very act of protest confers dignity on him ~Bayard Rustin #quote
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When 1 protests society's refusal 2 acknowledge his dignity as human being, very act of protest confers dignity on him ~Bayard Rustin #quote
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American Socrates: The Life of Bayard Rustin - Web site and film devoted to profiling the influential 1960's civil rights leader and gay rights activist.
Bayard Rustin - A short essay on the civil rights activist.
Bayard Rustin - Civil Rights Leader - A brief biography of the American civil rights leader, a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), focusing particular on his faith. Written by Buzz Haughton.
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Bayard Rustin and the Rise and Decline of the Black Protest Movement - Article by Stephen Steinberg published in the journal New Politics, Summer 1997.
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The Bayard Rustin Papers - Background information on Rustin's collected papers on microfilm including ordering information.
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