Memphis Blogger & Gay Activist: The Struggle for Civil Rights Continues

Memphis blogger and gay activist Jim Maynard has a piece entitled Civil Wrong published in the Memphis Flyer. He makes a point that needs to be made more often, Gays stood side-by-side with Blacks during the Civil Rights era:

Gays and lesbians played important roles in the struggle for civil rights. A black gay man, Bayard Rustin, organized the 1963 March on Washington. When Rustin was attacked by other black clergy and opponents of the civil rights movement, King stood by him.

Read all of it here.


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