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“Bayard Rustin” by Antonio Sosa, Pennsylvania Center for the Book (Penn State University Libraries).

The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture marks these scans CC0 (a public domain dedication): Organizing Manual No. 1, Organizing Manual No. 2, the Lincoln Memorial program of August 28, 1963, the fliers and placard from the March, and the Chávez–Rustin pamphlet.

Some stories adapt Wikipedia articles, which are shared under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Those stories are released under the same license, and each credits its source in its footer:

Urvashi Vaid Biography, adapted from “Urvashi Vaid”.
Arrested, Attacked, Pardoned, adapted from “Bayard Rustin”.
Struck from the List, adapting parts of “Hate Crime Statistics Act” and “Murder of Rebecca Wight”.
What Virtual Equality Means, adapted from “Virtual Equality” and “Urvashi Vaid”.
The First Freedom Ride, adapted from “Journey of Reconciliation” and “Bayard Rustin”.
April 1993: The March on Washington, adapted from “March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation”.
Inside Ashland and Lewisburg, adapted from “Bayard Rustin” and “Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland”.
Freedom Day, 1964, adapted from “New York City school boycott”.
Born in West Chester, adapted from “West Chester Rustin High School” and “Bayard Rustin”.
Before the March, adapted from “Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom” and the two “Youth March for Integrated Schools” articles.
New Delhi to Potsdam, adapted from “Krishna Baldev Vaid” and “Urvashi Vaid”.
Home in Chelsea, adapted from “Penn South” and “Bayard Rustin Educational Complex”.
Rustin Abroad, adapted from “Bayard Rustin” and “Aldermaston Marches”.

Works of the United States government are in the public domain. Stories quote or adapt them with credit:

“March on Washington”, National Park Service.
White House Television footage of President Bush's AIDS speech, March 29, 1990 (still frame of Urvashi Vaid's sign), George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, National Archives.
The court file of Bayard Rustin v. Southern Railway Company (1948–51), National Archives at New York.
The House Un-American Activities Committee’s copy of Organizing Manual No. 2 and two 1963 House bills, National Archives.
Mao Zedong’s 1963 statement, the cable from Peking, and Roy Wilkins’s reply, House records, National Archives (marked unrestricted).
David Demarest’s 1990 letter to The Washington Post, George H.W. Bush Presidential Library, National Archives.
Bayard Rustin’s 1944 prison admission summary, Bureau of Prisons, National Archives.
Page details from the Congressional Record (1963 and 1990), govinfo.gov.
Presidential remarks and statements, the Congressional Record, and other federal records, credited where they are used.

The Bayard Rustin Society newsletter The Angelic Troublemaker (Volume 1, Issues 1 and 2) and the Society information sheet are reproduced with the Society’s permission.

Some stories quote short passages from copyrighted letters, press reports, books, speeches and advertisements. These brief quotations are credited where they appear; the works themselves are not reproduced here and are not covered by this site’s licences.

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The Bayard Rustin shirt artwork is by Camil Williams, used with permission. All rights are reserved by the artist.

The Urvashi Vaid shirt artwork is by Krithik Devarajan, used with permission. All rights are reserved by the artist.

Historical photographs come from Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress; each caption links to its file. The 1991 photograph of Urvashi Vaid in Madison, Wisconsin is by James Steakley, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Photographs of the 1993 March on Washington are by James Steakley, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons; each caption links to its file. The 1993 photograph of Urvashi Vaid at Creating Change is a video still by David Surber, shared under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons; photographs of the 2012 conference are by HUD staff, public domain. Photographs from the New York World-Telegram & Sun collection at the Library of Congress carry no known restrictions. White House photographs of the 2013 Medal of Freedom ceremony are public domain, from the Obama Presidential Library. The 2015 photograph of the West Chester marker is by Shaun Marron, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The 2021 photograph of the Bayard Rustin Residence is by YazzyWalter, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The 2022 photograph of the Hillsborough court session is by Amyjoy001, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The 1990 photograph of David Souter’s confirmation hearing is by Laura Patterson, from the CQ Roll Call collection at the Library of Congress, no known restrictions. The Two Marches card combines the 1963 Leffler photograph with James Steakley’s 1993 photograph and is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. The 2017 photograph of the SUNY Potsdam campus is by GastelEtzwane, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Team photos on the About page, and the photos of the NYAC cohorts at the IGNYTE symposium, belong to their photographers and the people pictured.

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