*Please note: The exact date of this photograph is unknown.
Rustin participates in an antiwar protest in Philadelphia in 1950, advocating peaceful resistance amid rising Cold War militarization.
The early Cold War period saw Rustin actively opposing militarism and war, aligning his advocacy for civil rights with global peace efforts and nonviolent resistance against oppression.
Advocate.com Editors. 2023. “Bayard Rustin’s Life and Civil Rights Legacy in Photos.” Advocate.Com, November 17, 2023. https://www.advocate.com/slideshow/2019/1/21/bayard-rustins-life-and-civil-rights-legacy-photos#rebelltitem3.
