That part of the movement still existed, but it was less of a street movement and more, you know, working in the Congress.Q: I know my friends and I have gone to several protests recently, so it’s unfortunately still in the streets somewhat.Naegle: Yeah, but it’s certainly changed a lot in the past thirty years. But there was obviously very strong attraction there, and… when you talk about falling in love at first sight, it’s obviously just visual. The last three or four years of his life he started to get invitations from LGBT groups, and speaking at conventions or meetings on college campuses. "It was as good as any interview we did ourselves," Singer said. residents are invited to share their neighborhood stories, documenting
Walter Naegle was the partner of black gay civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin, who died in 1987. The people there are either getting the award or with people getting the award, or the people who made it possible – in Rustin’s case, a couple Congressional people who helped us were there.Q: Were you involved in activism as a couple at all?Naegle: A little bit. At that time a lot of it was centered really on human rights. Walter Naegle was the partner of black gay civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin, who died in 1987. “It hurt. Naegle's commitment to civil rights began long before he met Rustin. And he was okay with who he was, he accepted who he was… But back then, if you were gay, you were crucified – maybe I shouldn’t say that at a Catholic college. You were hung out to dry.Naegle: Well, there’s the fact that he’s still in the news fairly regularly – the Black Lives Matter organizers sort of lifted him up as their inspiration – and a lot of young organizers look to him. Same sex couples did not have any legal rights as a family so Bayard decided to adopt Walter as an … have lived or worked in the surrounding Harlem neighborhood and train
This is a neighborhood oral history project that works to both preserve But when you have shared values, and ideals, and philosophies – that’s what really makes a relationship lasting. Bayard Rustin (left) and Walter Naegle (right) Bayard Rustin and Walter Naegle were partners in the 1970s until Bayard's death in 1987.
Bennett Singer, the maker of that film, spoke about how Walter Naegle, Rustin's surviving partner, interviewed Platt for the documentary. When civil rights leader and organizer Bayard Rustin died in 1987, his New York Times obituary referred to his partner Walter Naegle as his adopted son. Third photo: Bayard Rustin and Walter Naegle, courtesy of Walter Naegle, and Ericka Naegle and Walter Naegle at their StoryCorps interview on March 17, 2015 in New York, NY. And I wrote my statement, and at that time I said I was homosexual – which I still am, but the term ‘gay’ wasn’t so popularly used back then. In this interview, Mr. Naegle reflects on his life in NYC, the progress of LGBT rights at… Q: Do you have any memories of Fordham that particularly stand out?Naegle: You know, I was thinking about that… I wouldn’t say there was any one thing that particularly stands out. Star Wars Prequels: The Force Is Semi-Strong With These Ones Early life. Walter Naegle. I mean, I don’t think anything like that would have been permitted at the time I was here… In one of my classes, I don’t know what year it was, we were told to write an autobiographical statement. It’s a Catholic institution. And obviously there was the racial difference, the age difference, it was a gay couple – it was like, how many strikes do we need here before we’re out at home plate? By Nadia Reiman.
Rustin died just a year later. And, you know, nobody fainted, nobody gasped, nobody tried to hit me – but I wouldn’t say they went out of their way to be overly friendly either.Q: You say in your documentary Bayard & Me that meeting Rustin on a street corner was “when lightning struck.” Do you feel like you fell in love at first sight?Naegle: Like something out of Hollywood in the 40’s? But it stays with you through your life. 429Magazine interviews Walter Naegle, who met his long time partner Bayard Rustin in April of 1977. Interviewed By Deborah Kops. Do you want to talk about that at all?Naegle: People tried to discourage him from being gay, or tried to get him straightened out – no pun intended. This week, we revisit an exclusive interview with civil rights icon Bayard Rustin from Feb. 7, 1986.
Harlem’s past and present history. An Interview With Walter Naegle. Interviews will be preserved at The Milstein Division, available in a circulating collection, and accessible here at the New York Public Library website. Both longtime and more recent There certainly wasn’t any kind of an LGBT organization. Walter Naegle was the partner of the American Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin and is executive director of the Bayard Rustin Fund,]which commemorates Rustin's life, values, and legacy. The Jesuits are kind of famous for being on the cutting edge of Catholicism, if there is such a thing … Just as I was walking over here, I was thinking that when I was here there was absolutely no discussion of LGBT issues. This project will collect oral histories of people who He was really focusing very much on human rights issues, refugee concerns – we may have gone to some demonstrations together, but it was a little bit of a different focus from what he was doing in the 60’s. So, in some ways we were pushing up against a couple of different barriers, but when you’re in love with somebody you don’t really think about those things until somebody says something to you.Q: What was it like to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom?Naegle: Well, it was a wonderful experience – just very rewarding, a happy time. In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ talks with Walter Naegle who was pioneer civil rights activist Bayard Rustin's partner for the last decade of Rustin's life who died in 1987. Fourth photo: Bryan Epps and Darnell Moore at their StoryCorps interview on … Bayard Rustin: The Man Homophobia Almost Erased From History The Rainbow Rams, which is an alumni organization, and the Pride Alliance, which is more for undergrads.Naegle: Making progress here!
This is a neighborhood oral history project that works to both preserve But when you have shared values, and ideals, and philosophies – that’s what really makes a relationship lasting. Bayard Rustin (left) and Walter Naegle (right) Bayard Rustin and Walter Naegle were partners in the 1970s until Bayard's death in 1987.
Bennett Singer, the maker of that film, spoke about how Walter Naegle, Rustin's surviving partner, interviewed Platt for the documentary. When civil rights leader and organizer Bayard Rustin died in 1987, his New York Times obituary referred to his partner Walter Naegle as his adopted son. Third photo: Bayard Rustin and Walter Naegle, courtesy of Walter Naegle, and Ericka Naegle and Walter Naegle at their StoryCorps interview on March 17, 2015 in New York, NY. And I wrote my statement, and at that time I said I was homosexual – which I still am, but the term ‘gay’ wasn’t so popularly used back then. In this interview, Mr. Naegle reflects on his life in NYC, the progress of LGBT rights at… Q: Do you have any memories of Fordham that particularly stand out?Naegle: You know, I was thinking about that… I wouldn’t say there was any one thing that particularly stands out. Star Wars Prequels: The Force Is Semi-Strong With These Ones Early life. Walter Naegle. I mean, I don’t think anything like that would have been permitted at the time I was here… In one of my classes, I don’t know what year it was, we were told to write an autobiographical statement. It’s a Catholic institution. And obviously there was the racial difference, the age difference, it was a gay couple – it was like, how many strikes do we need here before we’re out at home plate? By Nadia Reiman.
Rustin died just a year later. And, you know, nobody fainted, nobody gasped, nobody tried to hit me – but I wouldn’t say they went out of their way to be overly friendly either.Q: You say in your documentary Bayard & Me that meeting Rustin on a street corner was “when lightning struck.” Do you feel like you fell in love at first sight?Naegle: Like something out of Hollywood in the 40’s? But it stays with you through your life. 429Magazine interviews Walter Naegle, who met his long time partner Bayard Rustin in April of 1977. Interviewed By Deborah Kops. Do you want to talk about that at all?Naegle: People tried to discourage him from being gay, or tried to get him straightened out – no pun intended. This week, we revisit an exclusive interview with civil rights icon Bayard Rustin from Feb. 7, 1986.
Harlem’s past and present history. An Interview With Walter Naegle. Interviews will be preserved at The Milstein Division, available in a circulating collection, and accessible here at the New York Public Library website. Both longtime and more recent There certainly wasn’t any kind of an LGBT organization. Walter Naegle was the partner of the American Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin and is executive director of the Bayard Rustin Fund,]which commemorates Rustin's life, values, and legacy. The Jesuits are kind of famous for being on the cutting edge of Catholicism, if there is such a thing … Just as I was walking over here, I was thinking that when I was here there was absolutely no discussion of LGBT issues. This project will collect oral histories of people who He was really focusing very much on human rights issues, refugee concerns – we may have gone to some demonstrations together, but it was a little bit of a different focus from what he was doing in the 60’s. So, in some ways we were pushing up against a couple of different barriers, but when you’re in love with somebody you don’t really think about those things until somebody says something to you.Q: What was it like to accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom?Naegle: Well, it was a wonderful experience – just very rewarding, a happy time. In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ talks with Walter Naegle who was pioneer civil rights activist Bayard Rustin's partner for the last decade of Rustin's life who died in 1987. Fourth photo: Bryan Epps and Darnell Moore at their StoryCorps interview on … Bayard Rustin: The Man Homophobia Almost Erased From History The Rainbow Rams, which is an alumni organization, and the Pride Alliance, which is more for undergrads.Naegle: Making progress here!