Happy birthday to the beautiful, remarkable, brilliant, and completely kickass Mr Bayard Rustin (17 March 1912 - 24 August 1987). Bayard Rustin was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, pacifism and non-violence, and gay rights. A master strategist and tireless activist, Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. He brought Gandhi’s protest techniques to the American civil rights movement, and helped mold Martin Luther King, Jr. into an international symbol of peace and nonviolence. Despite these achievements, Rustin was silenced, threatened, arrested, beaten, imprisoned and fired from important leadership positions, largely because he was an openly gay man in a fiercely homophobic era. Rainbow Noir Homotopia Arts Black Gay Mens Advisory Group The Black Activist Coalition Ajamu #bayardrustin #antifascist #racism #americanhistory #activism #lgbt #civilrights #protest #blackpride
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 12:58:56 +0000
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