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Bayard Rustin, a gay civil rights leader arrested for having sex with men, is pardoned 67 years later

Name: Bayard Rustin, a gay civil rights leader arrested for having sex with men, is pardoned 67 years later
Uploaded: 2020-02-05T16:36:48-08:00
Channel: NBC Palm Springs
Description: As a civil rights leader and an advocate for justice, Bayard Rustin was no stranger to being behind bars. He was arrested for his anti-war efforts in opposition to World War II. He was arrested for protesting segregation laws in the Jim Crow-era South. But in 1953, he was arrested for reasons outside his activism — […]

By: NBC Palm Springs

February 5, 2020

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