BLACK PRIDE

Why The Black Community Should Proudly Support Black Queer Heroes

More people should be quoting Bayard Rustin

Allison Wiltz
Published in
5 min readJun 4, 2023

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Bayard Rustin, Civil Rights Leader | Photo by A.Burns Getty Images

Black Queer heroes are often hidden from mainstream conversations about the civil rights movement. It’s why most Americans can tell you about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. but not about Bayard Rustin, an openly gay Black man who organized…

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Allison Wiltz
AfroSapiophile

Womanist Scholar bylines @ Momentum, Oprah Daily, ZORA, GEN, EIC of Cultured #WEOC Founder allisonthedailywriter.com https://ko-fi.com/allyfromnola