presents
BAYARD RUSTIN TEA SALON
March 18th
5pm
(salon ends @ 7pm)
hand-blended tea
cakes & dainties
jovial chats
view erotic art
enjoy a nice cuppa tea
wish Bayard a happy birthday!
hosted by Rick Castro
Tom of Finland House
1421 LaVetta Terrace
Echo Park, CA 90026
info- antebellum@earthlink.net
Bayard Rustin
March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987)
American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights.
Rustin worked on the March on Washington Movement in 1941 to press for an end to racial discrimination in employment. Rustin later worked with Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership, serving as an organizer for the historic March on Washington.
As a gay man he ecieved allot of criticism over his sexuality, thus acted as an influential adviser behind the scenes to civil-rights leaders.
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