Civil Rights Leader Activist Organizer for the 1963 March on Washington
1912 - 1987
“When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.”-Bayard Rustin
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Recommended Watching:
- Brother Outsider
- The Legacy of Bayard Rustin
- Bayard Rustin Remembered for Role Played in Civil Rights Movement
- The Bayard Rustin Papers
- Bayard Rustin Coalition LGBT Rights Rally
- Gay Man in the Civil Rights Movement
- Lost Histories: Bayard Rustin
Recommended Reading:
- A Closer Look at Bayard Rustin by Walter Neagle
- Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin
- I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters
- This Black, Gay, Badass Pacifist Mastermind of the March on Washington Is Finally Getting His Due
