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nia for cor 1953, Bayard Kustin was arrested in Pasadena, another man. In the press, this was euphemistically called a "morals charge, would have been able to read between the lines and understand that Rustin's sexuality. Ten years later, noted segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond wo

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1. How might people who disagreed with Rustin's advocacy have used the charges detailed in these articles against him? 2. In February of 2020 Governor Gavin Newsom of California posthumously pardoned Bayard Rustin on these charges. What does that tell us about California in 1953 versus California today?
Lecturer Jailed on Morals Charge In 1953, Bayard Rustin was arrested in Pasadena, California for consensual sexual activity with another man. In the press, this was euphemistically called a "morals charge, " but readers in the 1950s would have been able to read between the lines and understand that Rustin's "crime" was simply his sexuality. Ten years later, noted segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond would rail against Rustin's sexuality on the floor of the Senate, in an effort to undermine the March on Washington that Rustin had helped organize with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. [From the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 22, 1953] LECTURER JAILED ON MORALS CHARGE Bayard Rustin, 40-year-old nationally known Negro lecturer, was jailed on a morals charge in Pasadena early yesterday a few hours after he had spoken on the subject of world peace before the American Association Of University Women at the Pasadena Athletic Club.Rustin, who was registered at the Green Hotel is scheduled to address the Pasadena chapter of the American Friends Society on world conditions this evening at the Pasadena First Methodist Church. He was released on $500 bail pending a plea at 2 p.m. today before Municipal Judge Burton Noble in Pasadena. When arrested by Pasadena police, Rustin had $427 in cash on his person -which he said included the proceeds from his previous night's speech. He was taken into custody when officers spotted him parked in his automobile at Raymond Avenue at Green Street, Pasadena, in company with Marvin W. Long, 23, of Monterey Park, and Louie Buono, 23, of Rosemead. All three men were booked on suspicion of lewd vagrancy. Pasadena Municipal Judge Burton Noble yesterday sentenced Bayard Rustin, 40-year old Negro lecturer, to 60 days in the county jail on a morals charge. Rustin's attorney, Charles Holloper, failed in an appeal to free his client on the promise that he would leave this State and return to his home in New York Rustin pleaded guilty to the charge. He had been arrested by Pasadena police early Thursday in company with two men in an automobile parked near the Green Hotel. The other men, Marvin W. Long, 23, of Monterey Park and Louie Buono, 23, of Rosemead, were given similar sentences. A delegation of three members of the American Friends Society appeared in court, but did not testify on Rustin's behalf. Rustin had been scheduled to address the latter group at the Pasadena First Methodist Church yesterday. Shortly before his arrest, Rustin spoke on world peace before the American Society of University Women at the Pasadena Athletic Club.
Transcribed Image Text:Lecturer Jailed on Morals Charge In 1953, Bayard Rustin was arrested in Pasadena, California for consensual sexual activity with another man. In the press, this was euphemistically called a "morals charge, " but readers in the 1950s would have been able to read between the lines and understand that Rustin's "crime" was simply his sexuality. Ten years later, noted segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond would rail against Rustin's sexuality on the floor of the Senate, in an effort to undermine the March on Washington that Rustin had helped organize with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. [From the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 22, 1953] LECTURER JAILED ON MORALS CHARGE Bayard Rustin, 40-year-old nationally known Negro lecturer, was jailed on a morals charge in Pasadena early yesterday a few hours after he had spoken on the subject of world peace before the American Association Of University Women at the Pasadena Athletic Club.Rustin, who was registered at the Green Hotel is scheduled to address the Pasadena chapter of the American Friends Society on world conditions this evening at the Pasadena First Methodist Church. He was released on $500 bail pending a plea at 2 p.m. today before Municipal Judge Burton Noble in Pasadena. When arrested by Pasadena police, Rustin had $427 in cash on his person -which he said included the proceeds from his previous night's speech. He was taken into custody when officers spotted him parked in his automobile at Raymond Avenue at Green Street, Pasadena, in company with Marvin W. Long, 23, of Monterey Park, and Louie Buono, 23, of Rosemead. All three men were booked on suspicion of lewd vagrancy. Pasadena Municipal Judge Burton Noble yesterday sentenced Bayard Rustin, 40-year old Negro lecturer, to 60 days in the county jail on a morals charge. Rustin's attorney, Charles Holloper, failed in an appeal to free his client on the promise that he would leave this State and return to his home in New York Rustin pleaded guilty to the charge. He had been arrested by Pasadena police early Thursday in company with two men in an automobile parked near the Green Hotel. The other men, Marvin W. Long, 23, of Monterey Park and Louie Buono, 23, of Rosemead, were given similar sentences. A delegation of three members of the American Friends Society appeared in court, but did not testify on Rustin's behalf. Rustin had been scheduled to address the latter group at the Pasadena First Methodist Church yesterday. Shortly before his arrest, Rustin spoke on world peace before the American Society of University Women at the Pasadena Athletic Club.
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