Bayard Rustin

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Person.png Bayard Rustin   SpartacusRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(activist)
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Rustin at a news briefing on the Civil Rights March on Washington, August 27, 1963
Born1912-03-17
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Died1987-08-24 (Age 75)
Manhattan, New York
ReligionQuaker
Member ofCommittee for the Free World, Committee on the Present Danger/Members, PRODEMCA
Interests“terrorism”
PartySocial Democrats USA
Quaker activist who spoke at the JCIT on "Democracy and Terrorism"

Jerusalem Conference

Rustin spoke at the seminal 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism on "Democracy and Terrorism."

 

Event Planned

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
March on Washington28 August 196328 August 1963US
Washington DC
A march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism2 July 19795 July 1979Israel
Jerusalem
The birthplace of the "War on Terror" doctrine, "a major international forum for the movement against détente".
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