Bayard Rustin Residence Added to National Register of Historic Places

News from the National Register of History Places:

The Bayard Rustin Residence in New York was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 8. Bayard Rustin, a gay African American Quaker, civil rights advocate, proponent of non-violence, and campaigner for social and economic justice, had an impact on many of the nation’s social justice achievements since the 1930s. Over his long life, he worked on important campaigns in non-violence, pacifism, civil rights, economic injustice, human rights, and LGBT civil rights.

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