"The proof that one truly believes is in action."⁠ American human rights activist Bayard Rustin, who is pictured here on the left alongside Asa Philip Randolph and Cleveland Robinson, organizing the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.⁠ Rustin's advocacy of non-violence was a major influence on Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement, helping orchestrate the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Rides campaign, and the NYC schools boycott to protest segregation. Co-founding the A. Philip Randolph Institute in 1965, he was a lifelong supporter of the labour movement.⁠ An excellent strategist, Rustin's leadership and visibility was inhibited by prejudice. Openly gay, Rustin was arrested in 1953 for sexual activity in a parked car. Found guilty on a morals charge of "sex perversion" and serving 60 days in jail, he was forced to register as a sex offender.⁠ In February of this year, Rustin was posthumously pardoned by Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, overturning the con...