Bayard Rustin

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/5/20
  

  Decades after his arrest for having sex with men, a gay civil rights leader is pardoned

  On Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued a posthumous pardon for Rustin.

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• SOURCE: Washignton Post
  1/21/20
  

  Arrested for having sex with men, this gay civil rights leader could finally be pardoned in California

  A decade before Bayard Rustin became a chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, the civil rights activist was booked into a Los Angeles County jail on suspicion of “lewd vagrancy.”

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• SOURCE: The North Star
  8/24/19
  

  Bayard Rustin: Prophet Of Freedom, Justice, And Humanity

  by Stephen G. Hall

  Rustin’s work combined a passion for social justice with a firm commitment to LGBTQ and human rights.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/23/19
  

  What Reparations for Slavery Might Look Like in 2019

  If you’re surprised that the issue of reparations for black Americans has taken so long to resolve, blame the president. President Andrew Johnson.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  1/6/19
  

  In Newly Found Audio, Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin Says Coming Out 'Was An Absolute Necessity'

  The rare tape was provided by Rustin's surviving partner who preserved a library of backup recordings. Those recordings have helped foster a better understanding of the gay icon — one that Marcus concedes was absent from his civil rights education.