Bayard Rustin
1912 - 1987
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Quotes
Biography
Bayard Rustin was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, and nonviolence. He played a key role in the Civil Rights Movement as a close advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., helping to organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. Rustin was also a vocal advocate for gay rights and openly gay at a time when it was still taboo. His activism extended to labor struggles and opposition to apartheid in South Africa.
Famous Quotes (5)
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We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers.
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When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
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Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it.
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The only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don't turn.
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To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.