Bayard Rustin

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Bayard Rustin was an influential American civil rights strategist, pacifist, and organizer best known for his behind-the-scenes leadership in the movement, including orchestrating the 1963 March on Washington.

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Bayard Rustin canonical 15
Rustin 6
Bayard Rustin (attended briefly) 1

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instanceOf LGBT rights activist
civil rights activist
human
pacifist
political organizer
adopted Walter Naegle
advisorTo Martin Luther King Jr.
advocated LGBT rights
economic justice
nonviolent direct action
racial integration
arrestedFor participating in civil disobedience against segregation
refusing military service during World War II
awardReceived Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights
Presidential Medal of Freedom
causeOfDeath cardiac arrest
collaboratedWith A. Philip Randolph
Ella Baker
James Farmer
Martin Luther King Jr.
Roy Wilkins
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1912-03-17
dateOfDeath 1987-08-24
educatedAt Cheyney State Teachers College
Wilberforce University
employer A. Philip Randolph Institute
Fellowship of Reconciliation
War Resisters League
ethnicity African American
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surface form: Bayard Taylor Rustin
gender male
givenName Bayard
honoredBy Barack Obama
imprisonedAt Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
influenced American civil rights strategy
Martin Luther King Jr.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
influencedBy A. J. Muste
Mahatma Gandhi
knownFor organizing the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
strategic leadership in the American civil rights movement
memberOf Congress of Racial Equality
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Socialist Party of America
War Resisters League
movement American civil rights movement
nonviolence movement
peace movement
notableEvent chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
notableWork advising Martin Luther King Jr. on nonviolent tactics
organizing the 1941 March on Washington Movement (planned) with A. Philip Randolph
organizing the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation
occupation activist
organizer
public speaker
writer
partner Walter Naegle
placeOfBirth West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
politicalIdeology democratic socialism
social democracy
positionHeld executive director of the A. Philip Randolph Institute
presidentialMedalOfFreedomYear 2013
religion Protestantism
Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quakerism
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexualOrientation gay
subjectOf documentary "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin"
film "Rustin" (2023)
wrote From Protest to Politics: The Future of the Civil Rights Movement

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Poor People’s Campaign organizedBy Bayard Rustin
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Congress of Racial Equality foundedBy Bayard Rustin
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Groton School hasAlumni Bayard Rustin
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