Biography
Bayard Rustin was a pacifist and civil rights organizer who helped bring nonviolent direct action to the fight against segregation. During World War II he refused induction and spent roughly two years in federal prison. In 1947 he helped lead the Journey of Reconciliation, an interracial bus trip through the Upper South to challenge segregated seating. He later served 22 days on a North Carolina chain gang for violating segregation laws on the trip. In 1953 he was arrested on a California morals charge for being gay and served 50 days of a 60-day sentence. He went on to organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Calculated release date
Calculated release date for the stay beginning January 22, 1953: March 13, 1953, adding the recorded completed custody duration of 50 days with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
Calculated release date
Calculated release date for the stay beginning March 21, 1949: April 12, 1949, adding the recorded completed custody duration of 22 days with elapsed-calendar-day counting. This is a calculated date from the recorded admission and duration, not a separately documented physical-discharge date.
