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Rustin, Bayard

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Born: 1912 AD
Died: 1987 AD, at 75 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Activists

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1912 - Born on March 17th in West Chester, Pennsylvania. American black civil rights leader.

         - He founded New York branch of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).

1963 - He was the chief organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, at which Dr. King delivered his famed "I Have a Dream" speech.

1987 - He died of heart failure on August 24th in New York City.





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