67 Years Later, Bayard Rustin’s California Arrest and Jail Time Have Been Pardoned

1.0Lambda Legalhttps://lambdalegal.orgmosaichttps://lambdalegal.org/author/mosaic/67 Years Later, Bayard Rustin’s California Arrest and Jail Time Have Been Pardonedrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Lhcw2EgOWb"><a href="https://lambdalegal.org/blogs/20200207_bayard-rustin-67-years-california-arrest-pardon/">67 Years Later, Bayard Rustin’s California Arrest and Jail Time Have Been Pardoned</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lambdalegal.org/blogs/20200207_bayard-rustin-67-years-california-arrest-pardon/embed/#?secret=Lhcw2EgOWb" width="600" height="338" title="“67 Years Later, Bayard Rustin’s California Arrest and Jail Time Have Been Pardoned” — Lambda Legal" data-secret="Lhcw2EgOWb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://lambdalegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/bayardrustinaug1963-libraryofcongress_crop.jpg11461349By Puneet Cheema, Staff Attorney Bayard Rustin, the openly gay labor organizer who eventually served as advisor to Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and architect of the 1963 March on Washington, was a civil rights icon and hero to LGBTQ and Black communities in the United States. Earlier this week, he was posthumously pardoned by...