This man was almost barred from speaking at UVA for fears he would organize a protest similar to his backing of Milton Galamison's school boycott in New York.
This man was almost barred from speaking at UVA for fears he would organize a protest similar to his backing of Milton Galamison's school boycott in New York. This person wrote an essay for Harper's about the challenges of transitioning from desegregation to full equality titled From Protest to Politics. This person organized an event where the lines "Give us the ballot, and we will no longer have to worry the federal government about our basic rights" were spoken. That was the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom rally. Strom Thurmond entered this man's arrest record from Pasadena entered into the congressional record. At one event, this Quaker ordered a state of the art (*) sound system that was sabotaged, but Bobby Kennedy ordered the Army Signal Corps to perform last minute repairs.The main archivist of this man's writings is Walter Naegle, his longtime partner. For 10 points, name this chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, an advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights leader who was openly gay. 
This man was almost barred from speaking at UVA for fears he would organize a protest similar to his backing of Milton Galamison's school boycott in New York.
Bayard Rustin