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Gays and Civil Rights (Bayard Rustin)
| Questions |
Answers |
| What peaceful protest did he organize and NOT get credit for? |
March on Washington |
| Who was one of the activists that Bayard Rustin worked with during the civil rights movement? |
Martin Luther King jr |
| In 1944, Rustin was jailed for being a conscientious objector to: |
World War ll |
| In 1948, Rustin traveled to learn about peaceful resistance in: |
India |
| Rustin did not fit some people’s image of a civil rights leader because of his: |
Homosexuality |
| Barack Obama posthumously awarded Rustin this award 50 years after the March on Washington: |
Presidential Medal of Freedom |
