Bayard Rustin

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Bayard Rustin

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1910 - 1987

Occupation

Politics

Notable Achievements

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.