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Title: Bayard Rustin: The Man Homophobia Almost Erased From History
Post by: DriftingCrow on August 28, 2013, 06:03:09 PM
Post by: DriftingCrow on August 28, 2013, 06:03:09 PM
http://www.buzzfeed.com/steventhrasher/walter-naegle-partner-of-the-late-bayard-rustin-talks-about
Author: Steven Thrasher Source: BuzzFeed
"Rustin, who died in 1987, is best known as the chief organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. His legacy has had a renaissance in the past few weeks, as the White House announced he will posthumously receive the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in November, just two months after the march celebrates its 50th anniversary. Walter Naegle [his partner] will accept the honor on behalf of the love of his life."
Over his lifetime, Rustin was imprisoned for his Quaker faith, for being a homosexual. "And his many achievements — like pioneering one of the first Freedom Rides, refusing to give up his seat on a segregated bus in 1942, more than a dozen years before Rosa Parks did, and helping found the Southern Christian Leadership Coalition to support the efforts of a then young, largely unknown minister named Martin Luther King Jr. — often were tainted under the threat of exposure for his unpopular behavior and criminal convictions." A 2003 documentary called Brother Outsider is about Rustin.
Author: Steven Thrasher Source: BuzzFeed
"Rustin, who died in 1987, is best known as the chief organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. His legacy has had a renaissance in the past few weeks, as the White House announced he will posthumously receive the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in November, just two months after the march celebrates its 50th anniversary. Walter Naegle [his partner] will accept the honor on behalf of the love of his life."
Over his lifetime, Rustin was imprisoned for his Quaker faith, for being a homosexual. "And his many achievements — like pioneering one of the first Freedom Rides, refusing to give up his seat on a segregated bus in 1942, more than a dozen years before Rosa Parks did, and helping found the Southern Christian Leadership Coalition to support the efforts of a then young, largely unknown minister named Martin Luther King Jr. — often were tainted under the threat of exposure for his unpopular behavior and criminal convictions." A 2003 documentary called Brother Outsider is about Rustin.