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Walter Naegle (born 1949) is an American artist and photographer who is the surviving partner of late American Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin, and the executive director of the Bayard Rustin Fund, which commemorates Rustin's life, values, and legacy.
Jun 28, 2015 · Iconic civil rights activist Bayard Rustin and his partner, Walter Naegle, were one such couple. The two men fell in love and were together for many years. And as Bayard was getting older,...
Nov 17, 2023 · Although civil rights, socialism, non-violence, and LGBTQ+ rights movement activist Bayard Rustin never really hid his true sexual orientation, Netflix’s ‘Rustin’ really brings it into the limelight.
That’s what American civil rights leader Bayard Rustin had to do to ensure protections for his life partner, Walter Naegle in the days long before marriage equality. It’s a fabulous story of love (and legalities), set in one our favourite places in the world, New York City.
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Walter Naegle, was Bayard Rustin's life partner for over a decade before his passing. He is one of the first LGBTQ partners to accept a Presidential Medal of Freedom on their partner's behalf....
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Nov 18, 2023 · This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Walter Naegle, an artist and photographer who is the surviving partner of Bayard Rustin, the late American Civil Rights leader. The...
Oct 19, 2015 · In 1977, 27-year-old Walter Naegle was planning to go to San Francisco. He was living in New York City, which he found awful, when, while waiting for a light to change in Times Square, he...
