Congratulations, Baynard Rustin!

Honoring Rustin with the Medal of Freedom tells us something about how far America has come as a nation in the past 50 years. After all, he had four strikes against him. He was a pacifist, a radical, black and gay. Controversy surrounded him all his life.

via Obama Awards Bayard Rustin the Presidential Medal of Freedom | BillMoyers.com.