Bayard Rustin

Notable Gay Men in History

Bayard Rustin in his office at the A. Philip Randolph Institute, 1972. In 1965, Rustin became Executive Director of the Institute.

As a young activist, openly gay Bayard Rustin captured the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who later recruited Rustin as an assistant and colleague. Rustin went on to organized the 1963 March on Washington, a cornerstone event in African-American history.

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Timeline of Bayard Rustin's Political Activism