,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #cai  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,lewis 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,norton1 
,mr4 ,price of ,north ,carolina1 ,ms4   
,schwartz1 ,mr4 ,watt1 ,mr4 ,smith of   
,washington1 ,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,rangel1
 ,mr4 ,hastings of ,washington1 ,mr4    
,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,hahn1   
,mr4 ,conyers1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of
 ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1   
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,fattah1 ,ms4  
,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,mc,dermott1  
,mr4 ,cohen1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4     
,pocan1 ,mr4 ,brady of ,pennsylvania1   
,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 and ,mr4      
,lowenthal7 submitted the following     
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in    
addition to the ,committee on ,education
 and the ,workforce1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

,,resolution  ,recognizing ,bayard      
,rustin for his lifelong leadership in  
the civil rights1 labor1 and lesbian1   
gay1 bisexual1 and transgender 7,,lgbt7 
rights movements and for his exemplary  
dedication to realizing true equality   
and freedom in the ,united ,states4     
,whereas ,bayard ,rustin was born ,march
 #ag1 #aiab1 in ,west ,chester1         
,pennsylvania2 ,whereas ,bayard ,rustin 
combined the pacifism of his ,quaker    
religion with nonviolent movements of   
,mahatma ,gandhi2 ,whereas ,bayard      
,rustin was inspired by ,james ,weldon  
,johnson and ,w4,e4,b4 ,du ,bois1 among 
others1 to protest ,jim ,crow laws in   
the ,west ,chester community2 ,whereas  
,bayard ,rustin attended ,city ,college 
in ,new ,york1 where he was active in   
the movement to defend and free the     
,scottsboro ,boys in #aicf2 ,whereas    
,bayard ,rustin was a principal leader  
in planning a ,march on ,washington in  
,june #aida to protest discrimination in
 the armed forces and defense sector1 in

 response to which ,president ,franklin 
,delano ,roosevelt preemptively issued  
an ,executive order ending segregation  
in the defense industries2 ,whereas     
,bayard ,rustin worked in the ,state of 
,california to protect the property     
rights of ,japanese-,americans          
imprisoned in internment camps as a     
result of ,world ,war ,,ii2 ,whereas    
,bayard ,rustin1 while imprisoned in    
,lewisburg ,federal ,penitentiary for   
conscientious objection to ,world ,war  
,,ii1 organized a protest against       
segregated seating in the prison dining 
hall2 ,whereas ,bayard ,rustin was an   
early leader of the ,congress on ,racial
 ,equality 7,,core71 and participated in
 a ,,core initiative to integrate       
interstate buses by challenging         
race-based seating requirements on buses
 in ,virginia1 ,kentucky1 ,north        
,carolina1 and ,tennessee2 ,whereas     
,bayard ,rustin advised ,dr4 ,martin    
,luther ,king1 ,jr4 on nonviolent       
tactics during the ,montgomery ,bus     

,boycotts2 ,whereas ,bayard ,rustin1    
along with ,dr4 ,king1 led the initial  
organization of the ,southern ,christian
 ,leadership ,conference to coordinate  
the ,black faith community in political 
activism2 ,whereas ,bayard ,rustin      
served as chief organizer for the ,march
 on ,washington for ,jobs and ,freedom  
in ,august #aifc1 the landmark event    
credited with the passages of the #aifd 
,civil ,rights ,act and the #aife       
,voting ,rights ,act2 ,whereas ,bayard  
,rustin1 as the co-founder of the ,a4   
,philip ,randolph ,institute1 worked    
tirelessly to achieve equality for      
,african-,americans in the labor        
movement2 ,whereas ,bayard ,rustin      
championed the lesbian1 gay1 bisexual1  
and transgender 7,,lgbt7 rights movement
 throughout his career1 working as a    
human rights advocate and testifying for
 ,new ,york ,state's ,gay ,rights ,bill2
 and ,whereas ,bayard ,rustin died      
,august #bd1 #aihg1 a leader in civil   
rights and democracy in the ,united     

,states and an inspiration to           
generations of activists after him3     
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives recognizes ,bayard 
,rustin for his lifelong leadership in  
the civil rights1 labor1 and lesbian1   
gay1 bisexual1 and transgender 7,,lgbt7 
rights movements and for his exemplary  
dedication to realizing true equality   
and freedom in the ,united ,states4