"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." — Bayard Rustin Socialist.
Black Civil Rights leader. Out gay man. Those words defined the life of Bayard Rustin, one of the Philadelphia region's most famous historical figures.
An early mentor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rustin worked closely with King as a proofreader and ghostwriter. He was also King's non-violence strategist and helped plan