Bayard Rustin, lead architect of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Do you know the name of the Black openly gay man who planned the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, remembered for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech?
Bayard Rustin was the civil rights leader virtually erased from the history books for being gay. Through multiple efforts, including Colman Domingo’s Oscar-nominated performance in the movie Rustin, he is finally coming to wider attention.
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