A Bayard Rustin archive aims to preserve his legacy as a queer Civil Rights activist
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FILE - Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin is seen on Dec. 14, 1970, in New York. (AP Photo/File)In this still image taken from video, mementos belonging to civil rights leader Bayard Rustin are pictured at his partner Walter Naegle's home, on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)In this still image taken from video, Walter Naegle, Bayard Rustin's partner and a consultant on projects related to his life and work, is pictured his home on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)FILE - Bayard Rustin, civil rights organizer, speaks from a platform erected in front of New York's City Hall, May 18, 1964, as a crowd of some 3,000 persons rallied that was high point of day-long activities by civil rights groups seeking school integration. (AP Photo, File)FILE - Bayard Rustin, director of the scheduled school boycott in New York City, is shown during a press conference in the Brooklyn borough, of New York, Feb. 1, 1964. (AP Photo/Jacob Harris, File)In this still image taken from video, a plaque honoring Bayard Rustin is pictured outside of partner Walter Naegle's home on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)FILE - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., center, with his aide, Bayard Rustin, left, addresses a gathering in the riot-torn area of Los Angeles, in one of many meetings King attended in an attempt to solve the problems connected with the uprising, Aug. 18, 1965. (AP Photo/Don Brinn, File)In this still image taken from video, a button from the March on Washington for Jobs an Freedom is held by Walter Naegle, Bayard Rustin's partner and a consultant on projects related to his life and work, on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in New York (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)In this still image taken from video, Walter Naegle, Bayard Rustin's partner and a consultant on projects related to his life and work, holds a vinyl record in his home on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)
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FILE - Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin is seen on Dec. 14, 1970, in New York. (AP Photo/File)
