Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987

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Birth 1912-03-17
Death 1987-08-24
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Biographical notes:

Quaker, civil rights leader, and social reformer.

From the description of Papers of Bayard Rustin, 1942-1987 (bulk 1963-1980). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072450

Quaker, civil rights leader, and author.

From the description of Papers, 1942-1987 (bulk 1963-1980). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31816485

Bayard Rustin was a Pennsylvania-born, African-American Quaker who was concerned with nonviolence, socialism, civil rights, race relations, and international relations. He was connected with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, American Friends Service Committee, War Resisters League, Congress of Racial Equality, and Committee for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience against Military Segregation. He was imprisoned during World War II for draft refusal based on his absolute pacifism.

From the description of Collection, 1947-1987. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 29334129

Bayard Rustin was a Quaker and civil rights activist. Douglas Steere was a Quaker and Haverford College philosophy professor.

From the description of ALS, 1946 July 3 : New York, N.Y. to Douglas Steere. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 52788852

Civil rights worker.

From the description of Reminiscences of Bayard Rustin : oral history, 1987. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309726466

Biographical Note

1912, Mar. 17 Born, West Chester, Pa. 1930 1931 Attended Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio 1931 1933 Attended Cheyney State College, Cheyney, Pa. 1933 1935 Harlem Harlem Charles Nash Elementary School Harlem Springs Elementary School Harlem Bridge Harleyville Rural Hannah - Salem - Friendfield Fire District Station 4 Number 1 Township of Harlem Harlem Springs Estates of Charlemagne Harlem Cemetery North Harlem Elementary School Saint Charles Elementary School Harlem Baptist Church Harlem-Irving Plaza Shopping Center Harlem Springs Harley Avenue Elementary School Harlem High School Harlemville Cemetery Harlem-Alpine Shopping Center Saint Charles Elementary School Charles A Bell Elementary School Charlestown Elementary School Harlem Township Division of Fire Station 450 Charlemagne New York, N.Y. New York City Chelsea New York Moved to Harlem and attended City College of New York, New York, N.Y.; earned tuition by singing backup for Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter 1938 1941 Joined Young Communist League; recruited youths while touring with singer Josh White; broke with the league over political differences 1941 Youth organizer, A. Philip Randolph March on Washington First field secretary, Congress of Racial Equality 1941 1953 Race relations secretary, Fellowship of Reconciliation 1942 Went to California and helped protect the property of Japanese-Americans who were placed in work camps during World War II 1943 1945 Refused military service in World War II on grounds of conscientious objection; sentenced to twenty-eight months in Lewisburg Prison,Ashley, Ky. 1945 Chairman, Free India Committee 1947 Participated in the Journey of Reconciliation, the first freedom ride that tested the enforcement of a new law prohibiting discrimination in interstate travel; arrested in North Carolina and sentenced to thirty days on a chain gang 1948 India Republic of India Attended the World Pacifist meeting in India; met with Jawaharlal Nehru and other leaders England England Lac England England Tungland England Cemetery England Number 3 Dam England Ridge England Creek HVDC Quebec-New England - Des Cantons Grounding Electrode England Brothers Number 1 Dam England Branch England Mine New England Park Kampunglandeuh Langland Koringlandskloof Nglandean England Run Veterinary Clinic Springland Longlands Kessingland New England Hall New England Mine Helped organize the Aldermaston marches for the Committee for Nuclear Disarmament movement in England 1951 Went to West Africa and worked with future Ghanian prime minister Kwame Nkrumah and Nigerian president Nnamdi Azikiwe on the Committee to Support Africa 1952 1953 Director, Committee Against Discrimination in the Armed Forces 1953 1955 Executive secretary, War Resisters League 1955 Invited by Martin Luther King, Jr., to assist in organizing bus boycotts in Montgomery, Ala. 1956 Devised organizational plans for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; became special assistant to Martin Luther King, Jr. 1957 Coordinated Prayer Pilgrimage to Washington for civil rights, Washington, D.C. 1958 1959 Director, Youth Marches for Integrated Schools 1963 Deputy director, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C. 1964 Director, New York City school boycott against decentralization, New York, N.Y. 1966 Received Eleanor Roosevelt Award, Trade Union Leadership Council 1966 1979 President, A. Philip Randolph Institute 1968 Director, Memphis sanitation workers' strike in support of the right to organize, Memphis, Tenn. 1971 Published Down the Line: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin (Chicago, Ill.: Quadrangle Books, Inc. 349 pp.) Received John F. Kennedy Award, National Council of Jewish Women 1975 Formed Black Americans to Support Israel Committee 1976 Published Strategies for Freedom: The Changing Patterns of Black Protest (New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press. 78 pp.) 1977 Helped establish the Black Leadership Forum 1978 Chairman, Executive Committee of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 1979 1987 Chairman of the board, A. Philip Randolph Institute 1980 Received Murray-Green-Meany Award, A.F.L.-C.I.O. 1987, Aug. 24 Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Bayard Rustin Papers, 1942-1987, (bulk 1963-1980), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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