2012 marks the 100th anniversary of Bayard Rustin, a Civil and Gay Rights activist who fought tirelessly for years against Jim Crow Laws and at one point became one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s top advisors and chief organizer of the legendary March on Washington.
A master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. He brought Gandhi’s protest techniques to the American civil rights movement, and helped mold Martin Luther King, Jr.
