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Bayard Rustin
American civil rights activist (1912–1987)
Bayard Rustin | |
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Rustin at a news briefing on the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on August 27, 1963 | |
| Born | (1912-03-17)March 17, 1912 West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | August 24, 1987(1987-08-24) (aged 75) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Wilberforce University Cheyney University City College of New York |
| Organization(s) | Fellowship of Reconciliation Congress of Racial Equality War Resisters League Southern Christian Leadership Conference Social Democrats, USA (National Chairman) A. Philip Randolph Institute (President) |
| Movement | Civil Rights Movement, Peace Movement, Socialism, Gay Rights Movement, Neoconservatism |
| Partner(s) | Davis Platt (1940s) Walter Naegle (1977–1987; Rustin's death) |
| Awards | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
Bayard Rustin (BY-ərd; March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American political activist, a