Bayard Rustin was a socialist leader who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. He was gay. He worked against racial discrimination and gay rights. Due to the lack of marriage equality at the time, Rustin and Walter Naegle (Rustin's partner) went for legal adoption, which was not very uncommon.
Added graphics to highlight a memorial to Bayard Rustin v.redd.it/0v1tf7yfcbc81
Bayard Rustin was a socialist leader who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. He was gay. He worked against racial discrimination and gay rights. Due to the lack of marriage equality at the time, Rustin and Walter Naegle (Rustin's partner) went for legal adoption, which was not very uncommon.
Colman Domingo to Star in Bayard Rustin Biopic, the First Narrative Feature From Obamasβ Higher Ground hollywoodreporter.com/movβ¦
James Baldwin (front), Walter Reuther, Bayard Rustin and (partially hidden) A. Philip Randolph, on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. 1965. (Image - Stephen F. Somerstein). [697 x 947].
Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Audra McDonald Starring in 'Rustin', a film about the late gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. variety.com/2021/film/newβ¦
Change MacArthur High School to Lil Nas X High School. Admins are homophobic, school is named after racist Douglas MacArthur. We want either Bayard Rustin or Lil Nas X.
This is the petition.
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This is the Facebook Page.
Breitbart: Obamas' Production Company Preps Drama About Gay Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin breitbart.com/entertainmeβ¦
TIL about Bayard Rustin, an openly gay black man who advised Martin Luther King Jr. on the principles of nonviolence, was a major civil rights leader, and was the main organizer of the March On Washington. He has been largely forgotten (especially relative to other activists) due to his sexuality. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayβ¦
Bayard Rustin (The Cold Six Thousand)
https://greatblackheroes.com/civil-rights/bayard-rustin/
In the 1960s, the Black Power slogan was criticized by Bayard Rustin, MLK, the NAACP, SCLC, Urban League, and LBJ. How did the Black Power slogan survive to become ubiquitous today?
Sources from the Wikipedia link:
Rustin, Bayard (1965). ""Black Power" and Coalition Politics". Commentary. PBS.
Baptists to Shun Dr. King Rally". The New York Times. July 7, 1966.
Staff (July 6, 1966). "President Points to Racial Actions". The New York Times.
Colman Domingo to play Bayard Rustin in biopic for Netflix upi.com/Entertainment_Newβ¦
Berlin look like Bayard Rustin. π
Remembering Bayard Rustin americanpurpose.com/articβ¦
Happy Birthday to Bayard Rustin: One of the optional leaders for the CSA post 2nd WK
Bayard Rustin was born 109 years ago on March 17, 1912. He was an out gay man who helped to organize the historic March on Washington in 1963. Forgotten for many years, his story is beginning to be told along with his importance in the Civil Rights Movement.
TIL Bayard Rustin was told to move to the back of a bus, but stopped when a white child reached out to grab his tie, before being scolded by its mom. He thought, βI owe it to that child, that it should be educated to know that blacks do not want to sit in the backβ. He was then arrested and beaten. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayβ¦
The National LGBTQ Task Force and the International Imperial Court System have announced a campaign to call on the U.S. Postal Service to issue stamps honoring four influential LGBTQ trailblazers: Bayard Rustin, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and JosΓ© Julio Sar edgemedianetwork.com/storβ¦
Requesting a Bayard Rustin flair
> gay Black man
> civil rights leader, key planner on the March on Washington
> anti-communist social democrat
> labor organizer
Feel like its a perfect fit here
H.R. 5081: To direct the Postmaster General to issue a forever stamp depicting Bayard Rustin, and for other purposes.
Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC0]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC0] is a member of the committee.
Gay Pride π³οΈβπ Day 2 - Bayard Rustin
Rustin served on several humanitarian missions to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Haiti during the 1970s and 1980s.Β In the 1980s, he became a part of the LGBTQ+ movement and an advocate for AIDS education. In a 1986 testimony on behalf of New York State's Gay Rights Bill, Rustin statedΒ that βgay people are the new barometer for social change.βΒ He felt that injustice everywhere should not be tolerated and must be protested.Β r/lgbt
Hey Look it's Bayard Rustin, Everyone's favorite Gay Socialist who supported Ronald Reagan
Bayard Rustin (l) and Cleveland Robinson (r) during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963. reddit.com/gallery/nbepl4
Obamas' Higher Ground Productions announces Bayard Rustin biopic thehill.com/blogs/in-the-β¦
Historic gay bro, Bayard Rustin: Martin Luther King Jr.βs right hand man
TIL of Bayard Rustin, the gay civil rights leader and advisor to MLK who singlehandedly shaped his non-violent protest methods. He was forced to resign to protect the movement when a congressman threatened to fabricate a story of an affair between him and King to dissuade protests in his district. pbs.org/outofthepast/pastβ¦
Bayard Rustin // if you donβt know his name, you should!!!!!π³οΈβππ€π³οΈβπ
BHM Spotlight: Bayard Rustin, the Gay Civil Rights Leader Who Organized the March on Washington pbs.org/wnet/african-amerβ¦
Bayard Rustin Wokeness has been a thing since the 60s, now it got mainstream
Bayard Rustin- Reflecting on civil rights from the end of the 1970s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PfPgKAMyaY
- Organized the 1963 march with Randolph and King
- Believed in unity between the civil rights groups and labor unions
- An integrationist to the core. His view is shaped by secular, mid-20th century socialism, completely devoid of cultural politics.
- His line is very amenable to a Democratic Party establishment as well as long as it was the New Deal establishment rather than the neoliberalism that was already on the rise by 1979.
- I don't think this is the way forward today but it is a great reflection on the material politics of race relations in the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s.
Remembering Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the March on Washington : Throughline npr.org/2021/02/22/970292β¦
Bayard Rustin, born on this day in 1912, was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights.
The FBI and the Mischaracterization of Bayard Rustin aaihs.org/the-fbi-and-theβ¦
Bayard Rustin: βMy activism did not spring from my being gay, or for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted, fundamentally, in my Quaker upbringingβ¦β youtu.be/fybq5UQn8M8
Bayard Rustin, Flaws, and Activism youtu.be/NUB9PvPOeHg
Bayard Rustin, the gay civil rights leader who organized the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom pbs.org/wnet/african-amerβ¦
TIL about Bayard Rustin. He was a civil rights activist who convinced MLK to abandon violent protesting and instead adopt "Gandhian" non-violent tactics. Later, a political rival found out about his homosexuality and Rustin choose to step into the shadows to protect the cause. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayβ¦
Bayard Rustin, Flaws, and Activism youtu.be/NUB9PvPOeHg
