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    Bayard Rustin was a civil rights and gay rights activist. He was born in 1912 in Pennsylvania and was involved in pacifist groups and early civil rights protests in the 1930s. Rustin helped organize important civil rights events and protests including assisting Martin Luther King Jr. with the Montgomery bus boycott in 1956 and organizing the 1963 March on Washington. He continued his activism throughout his life, working to advance both civil rights and gay rights until his death in 1987.

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    Bayard Rustin was a civil rights and gay rights activist. He was born in 1912 in Pennsylvania and was involved in pacifist groups and early civil rights protests in the 1930s. Rustin helped organize important civil rights events and protests including assisting Martin Luther King Jr. with the Montgomery bus boycott in 1956 and organizing the 1963 March on Washington. He continued his activism throughout his life, working to advance both civil rights and gay rights until his death in 1987.

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    1930s- was involved in

    pacifist groups and early


    civil rights protests

    March 17, 1912- Born in


    West Chester,
    Pennsylvania

    1953- arrested on a
    morals charge for
    publicly engaging in
    homosexual activity,
    sent to jail for 60 days
    but continued to live as
    an openly gay man

    1947- took part in


    protests against the
    segregated public transit
    system and got arrested
    in North Carolina

    1956- assisted King


    with the boycott of
    segregated buses in
    Montgomery, Alabama

    1958- played an
    important role in
    coordinating a march
    for human rights
    protests in
    Aldermaston, England

    August 28, 1963- was


    a key figure in the
    organization of the
    March on Washington
    for Jobs and Freedom

    1976- Another collection of


    his writings Strategies for
    Freedom was published

    1971- His writings about


    civil rights were published
    in the collection Down the
    Line

    August 24, 1987Died in New York


    City

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