First Thing On My Mind For The New Year.

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So a little while ago instead of going out to party or anything of that nature i've been having a good quite time at home. Not like this is new or anything but i was playing a video game. And the internet went out. By the time it came back i was already reading something. So for the past few minutes this is what caught my attention.

Bayard Rustin - Wikipedia

[Bayard Rustin (/ˈbaɪ.ərd/; March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights.

Rustin worked with A. Philip Randolph on the March on Washington Movement in 1941 to press for an end to racial discrimination in employment. Rustin later organized Freedom Rides and helped to organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to strengthen Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership, teaching King about nonviolence and later serving as an organizer for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.[1]

After the passage of the civil rights legislation of 1964–65, Rustin became the head of the AFL–CIO's A. Philip Randolph Institute, which promoted the integration of formerly all-white unions and promoted the unionization of African Americans. During the 1970s and 1980s, Rustin served on many humanitarian missions, such as aiding refugees from Communist Vietnam and Cambodia. At the time of his death in 1987, he was on a humanitarian mission in Haiti.]

I had no idea. Never heard of him. Never heard of what he did. Had no idea he counseled martin luther king jr. Or anything of the sort. Was a nice surprise though. And an important one. I also thought it was an awesome bit of reading for the new year. Hope you find it as awesome as i did.