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trusted advisor to MLK Jr. who was the main organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom who was singled out by the the civil rights movements enemies for his homosexuality
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Bayard Rustin (March 17, 1912 August 24, 1987) was an American civil rights activist, important largely behind the scenes in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and earlier. He is credited as the chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
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