Bayard Rustin
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About
Civil Rights Leader and pacifist who was the chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Before Fame
He preformed at New York nightclubs and had a great singing voice.
Trivia
He was a gay man and he was arrested for a homosexual act in 1953 as homosexuality was criminalized in parts of the United States until 2003.
Family Life
He had a ten-year relationship with Walter Naegle until his death in 1987.
Associated With
He supported Martin Luther King's leadership during the Civil Rights Movement.
