
02/18/2025
Bayard Rustin ✊🏾
Jobs and Freedom
History remembers the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom as a defining moment in America’s civil rights journey. Behind this remarkable gathering of 200,000 people stood Bayard Rustin – a brilliant strategist whose name deserves wider recognition. While serving as Martin Luther King Jr.’s trusted advisor and guiding force during the Montgomery bus boycott, Rustin chose to work largely outside the spotlight.
His unwavering spirit shone through 23 arrests and countless obstacles throughout his civil rights career.
The magnitude of Rustin’s achievements finally received national recognition when President Barack Obama bestowed upon him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
This visionary leader’s legacy spans decades – from pioneering the first Freedom Ride in 1947 to mobilizing 400,000 students for a New York City school boycott.
Today, Rustin’s remarkable story stands as a testament to courage, perseverance and the power of peaceful resistance in pursuit of justice.
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