Iconic black civil and gay rights leader Bayard Rustin died in 1987 on this date. Rustin served as co-organizer of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington in which his friend, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. At the time this March on Washington was the biggest…
In Bayard & Me, award-winning filmmaker Matt Wolf shares the little-known story of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin and the lengths he went to legalize his relationship with his partner Walter Naegle. The civil rights activist is best known for organizing the March on Washington and advising Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In the 1980s,…
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The organizers of the National LGBT 50th Anniversary Celebration (July 2 to 5) today announced that Walter Naegle, Bayard Rustin’s surviving life partner, will attend the National LGBT 50th Anniversary Ceremony at Independence Hall July 4th. Said Naegle: “Bayard would be amazed to see this historic and diverse celebration of the Gay…
The openly gay organizer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Bayard Rustin may be the next openly gay American to have a United States postage stamp issued in his honor. The official launch of the Bayard Rustin USA/National Stamp Campaign will be announced at the 2014…
Two members of the LGBT community have posthumously received the Presidential Medal of Freedom at this year’s ceremony at the White House. Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and pioneering astronaut Sally Ride were honored at the White House ceremony Nov. 20. Their surviving partners – Walter Naegle and Tam O’Shaughnessy, respectively – accepted the awards….
