Bayard Rustin
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title:
Bayard Rustin
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Bayard Rustin was an American political activist, a prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Rustin was the principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Rustin worked in 1941 with A. Philip Randolph on the March on Washington Movement to press for an end to racial discrimination in the military and defense employment. Rustin later organized Freedom Rides, and helped to organize the Southern Christian Leadership
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American civil rights activist (1912–1987)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_Rustin
date created:
2003-01-22T20:51:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T23:08:46Z
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