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Bayard Rustin

1912 - 1987

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Bayard Rustin ( BY-ərd; March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American political activist and prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Rustin was the principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Rustin worked in 1941 with A. Philip Randolph on the March on Washington Movement to press for an end to racial discrimination in the military and defense employment. Rustin later organized Freedom Rides, and helped to organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to strengthen Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership; he taught King about non-violence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bayard Rustin is the 571st most popular social activist (down from 396th in 2019), the 9,285th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,817th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Bayard Rustin ranks 571 out of 840. Before him are Ramdas Gandhi, Josefa Francisco, Bruno Manser, Manilal Gandhi, Fred Hampton, and Bill Haywood. After him are Henry Spira, Walter Reuther, Lizzie Velásquez, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, and Irene Fernandez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Bayard Rustin ranks 349. Before him are Leopold Wohlrab, James Algar, Achmad Nawir, Václav Horák, Conlon Nancarrow, and Cliff Bastin. After him are Dorothy Brookshaw, Helmut Hamann, Erwin Bauer, Erwin Strittmatter, George Mikes, and Irena Kwiatkowska. Among people deceased in 1987, Bayard Rustin ranks 221. Before him are Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Charles Stark Draper, Marcos Calderón, Stanislav Lusk, József Kovács, and William J. Casey. After him are George Mikes, Clementina de Jesus, James Burnham, Elizabeth Cotten, Wim Lagendaal, and Juan Alberto Melgar Castro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bayard Rustin ranks 9,287 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike Miller (1980), Saundra Santiago (1957), Wade Dominguez (1966), Lucille La Verne (1872), James Gammon (1940), and Tammy Faye Messner (1942). After him are John David Washington (1984), David Goggins (1975), Diana Lynn (1926), Rob Bowman (1960), Jonathan Larson (1960), and Richard Blumenthal (1946).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Bayard Rustin ranks 82. Before him are Dorothea Dix (1802), Lucy Parsons (1853), Roger Stone (1952), Jerry Rubin (1938), Fred Hampton (1948), and Bill Haywood (1869). After him are Walter Reuther (1907), Lizzie Velásquez (1989), Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890), Ella Baker (1903), Albert Parsons (1848), and Ralph Abernathy (1926).

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