Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987

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Bayard Rustin (b. March 17, 1912, West Chester, PA – d. August 24, 1987, Manhattan, New York) was anAfrican-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.

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referencedIn Bernice V. Robinson papers, 1957-1985 (bulk 1960-1980). Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
creatorOf Fellowship of Reconciliation, Michigan records, 1940-1957 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Farley Bldg Dedication [Penn Station 5/19/99] [1] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Louis Stulberg, President. Correspondence, 1945-1977 [bulk 1966-1975]. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
creatorOf NONMUSIC RECORDING (COLLECTION) Audio materials, 1956-1977 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Audio materials, 1956-1977 [sound recording]. Library of Congress
referencedIn Harper's Magazine Records, 1847-1983, (bulk 1940-1983) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Guide to the League for Industrial Democracy Records, 1920-1996 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Allen, Robert I. [Black nationalism and Black power pamphlets]. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Records 1920-1968 (bulk 1950-1968) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Rustin, Bayard, 1910-. Papers, 1942-1987 (bulk 1963-1980). Library of Congress
referencedIn Media Resources Center (University of Michigan) films and videotapes, 1930s and 1948-1986 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn League for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience against Military Segregation. Collection, 1947-1951. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Andreĭ Sakharov papers, 1852-2002 (inclusive), 1960-1990 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Kaufman, Abraham. Abraham Kaufman papers, 1942-1997 Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Committee for Non-Violent Integration. Collection, 1956. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Daniel P. Moynihan Papers, 1765-2003, (bulk 1955-2000) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. Series 6, Subseries 4. Bayard Rustin interview, 1977. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Bloomstein, Charles. Bayard Rustin memorial service, the Community Church, NYC, Oct. 1, 1987 [videorecording]. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Will Inman Papers, 1910-2009 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn John R. Hickman Audio Collection. 1925 - 1975. Sound Recordings of Historical Radio Broadcasts, World War II Government Documentaries, and Popular Radio Shows. 1906 - 1993. Focus on Bayard Rustin National Archives at College Park
referencedIn United Federation of Teachers. Oral histories [sound recording], 1985-1987. Churchill County Museum
creatorOf Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987. Reminiscences of Bayard Rustin : oral history, 1987. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Papers of the European Organiser of the American-European Peace March from San Francisco to Moscow, 1960-1962 University of Bradford
referencedIn Bloomstein, Charles. Collection, 1938-2002. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Papers, 1870-1969 Houghton Library
referencedIn Farley Bldg Dedication [Penn Station 5/19/99] [2] William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Newman, Edwin H. Papers, 1944-1978. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Papers of Pauli Murray, 1827-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Records of the Bureau of Prisons. 1870 - 2009. Notorious Offenders Files National Archives at College Park
referencedIn National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. Series 1, Subseries 1, Sub-subseries 9. Ted Mitchell interviews, 1975-1976. Cornell University Library
referencedIn International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. President's Office. ILGWU. Louis Stulberg correspondence, 1945-1977. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Michigan State University Labor History Speeches, 1896-1977 Cornell University Library
referencedIn Socialist Party (U.S.). Records of the Socialist Party (U.S.), 1897-1976. Library of Congress
referencedIn Series 1, Subseries 1, Sub-subseries 1. Leon Davis interviews Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
referencedIn Tom Kahn Papers, 1959-1992, (bulk 1963-1972) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Wiley, George A. Papers, 1949-1975. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Council for United Civil Rights Leadership. We shall overcome [sound recording], 1963. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Conference on Democracy in Education Records, Bulk, 1949-1950, 1949-2000, (Bulk 1949-1950) Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Scott, Lawrence, 1908-1986. Papers, 1955-1965. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Employees. National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. Local 1199. Oral History Project. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Media Resources Center (University of Michigan) records, 1948-1987, 1948-1987 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Social Democrats, USA Records, 1937-1994, (Bulk 1970-1994) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Weston, M. Moran, 1910-. Papers, 1824-1994. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Records 1920-1968 (bulk 1950-1968) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Van Sickle, Leftist Pamphlet Collection, 1900-1993 Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,
referencedIn Workers' Defense League. Workers Defense League records, 1935-1971. Wayne State University. Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs
referencedIn William K. Hefner Papers MS 129., 1945-1987, 1959-1964 Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries
referencedIn Jewish Theological Seminary of America. General Files. Records, 1902-1972. 1940-1972 (bulk). Ocean County College Library, OCC Library
creatorOf Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987. Collection, 1947-1987. Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn New York Times Company records. A.M. Rosenthal papers, 1955-1994, 1967-1986 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Bayard Rustin Papers, 1942-1987, (bulk 1963-1980) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Series 1, Subseries 1, Sub-subseries 2. Moe Foner interview Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
creatorOf Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion. Records. 1939-1977. 1940-1968. Ocean County College Library, OCC Library
creatorOf Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation. Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation records, 1940-1957. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Freedom House (U.S.). Freedom House archives, 1936-1997. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Gollin, Albert E. Bureau of Social Science Research files, 1962-1970. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Charles Miles Jones papers, 1924-1990s. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968. Norman Thomas papers, 1904-1967, bulk (1933-1967). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Deming, Barbara, 1917-1984. Papers: Series IV-V, 1940-1984 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Green Street Monthly Meeting of Friends (Philadelphia, Pa.). Frankford Friends Forum Committee. Records, 1930-1980, (bulk 1940-1950). Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
referencedIn Guide to the Sam Reiss Photographs, circa 1930-1975 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Branch, Taylor. Taylor Branch papers, 1865-2009 (bulk 1958-2009). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn M. Moran Weston Papers, 1824-1994 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf Fellowship of Reconciliation Collected Records Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn Borton, Hugh. Theodore Brinton Hetzel papers and graphics, 1886-1987 bulk 1930s-1980s. Haverford College Library
referencedIn Peter Graham Collection Relating to Bayard Rustin, circa 1960-2002 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Norman Thomas papers, 1904-1967, 1933-1967 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation Records, 1940-1960 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Floyd B. McKissick Papers, 1940s-1980s University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn American Committee on Africa. Archives 1948-1988. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
creatorOf Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation. Michigan Fellowship of Reconciliation records, 1940-1960. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Bureau of Social Science Research files, 1962-1970 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
creatorOf Frank, Walter, 1882-1969. Papers of Walter Frank [manuscript], 1866-1970 (bulk 1925-1970). University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Fast for Peace Committee (U.S.). Collection, 1950-1951 Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC
referencedIn James T. Farrell-Cleo Paturis papers, 1909-2006, bulk 1949-2004. Newberry Library
creatorOf Joseph Andrew Felmet papers, 1941-1989 Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Friedan, Betty, 1921-2006. Papers, 1933-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987. ALS, 1946 July 3 : New York, N.Y. to Douglas Steere. Haverford College Library
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Death 1987-08-24

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