Bayard Rustin

**Bayard Rustin**
	American civil rights activist (1912–1987)
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Date of birth	17 March 1912; West Chester
Date of death	24 August 1987; Manhattan
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	appendicitis;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	Wilberforce University; West Chester Henderson High School;
Occupation	trade unionist; civil rights advocate; politician; LGBTQI+ rights activist; political activist; political campaign staff;
Member of	Fellowship of Reconciliation; American Friends Service Committee; War Resisters League; Congress of Racial Equality; League for Non-Violent Civil Disobedience against Military Segregation; Social Democrats, USA; Coalition for a Democratic Majority; League for Industrial Democracy;
Member of political party	Socialist Party of America; Democratic Party;
Award received	Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013); Labor Hall of Honor (2013); War Resisters League Peace Award (1965); VH1 Trailblazer Honors (2015);
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	Q187930; ISNI: 0000000121321856; VIAF ID: 49401907; GND ID: 122205529; Library of Congress authority ID: n87809562; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13744620v; IdRef ID: 066888131; NDL Authority ID: 031719779; NL CR AUT ID: kup19990000085252; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 21281592X; NUKAT ID: n99054125; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10570672; PLWABN ID: 9811286866305606; National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007267445505171; Open Library ID: OL886183A; Internet Broadway Database person ID: 117456
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