Bayard Rustin
From QueerBio.com
Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1910 - 1987
Occupation
Politics
Notable Achievements
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Description
Aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., helping organize the Montgomery bus boycott, drafting the original plan for the Souther Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and masterminding civil rights demonstrations, including the 1963 March on Washington. Arrested for a homosexual act, he became a gay rights activist. Posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
