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Because same-sex marriage was illegal at the time, Rustin legally adopted Naegle in 1982 (an instance of same-sex adult adoption). The two were together for a decade until Rustin's death in 1987. [8] Rustin's obituary in The New York Times does not mention the partnership, describing Naegle as his "administrative assistant and adopted son". [9]
At the White House ceremony on November 20, 2013, President Obama presented Rustin's award to Walter Naegle, his partner of ten years at the time of Rustin's death. [ 7 ] In 2014, Rustin was one of the inaugural honorees in the Rainbow Honor Walk , a walk of fame in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood noting LGBTQ people who have "made ...
President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and "Rustin" star Colman Domingo made a surprise appearance at the opening night of the inaugural HBCU First Look Film Festival in Washington, D.C.
Joseph Echols Lowery (October 6, 1921 – March 27, 2020) was an American minister in the United Methodist Church and leader in the civil rights movement.He founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr. and others, serving as its vice president, later chairman of the board, and its third president from 1977 to 1997.
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Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin is a 2003 American biographical documentary film co-produced and co-directed by Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer. The documentary recounts the life of Bayard Rustin, the African-American civil rights activist, notable for his activism for racial equality, gay rights, socialist issues, and organizing the 1963 March on Washington.
On Monday, the first lady attended a Wounded Warriors event at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center's Fisher. If you guessed B. Letting a toddler decorate her face, you're correct! Of ...