{"id":333,"date":"2006-12-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/voice-of-the-day-bayard-rustin.html"},"modified":"2006-12-20T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-20T12:00:00","slug":"voice-of-the-day-bayard-rustin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2006\/12\/voice-of-the-day-bayard-rustin.html","title":{"rendered":"Voice of the Day: Bayard Rustin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p>To be afraid is to behave as if the truth were not true.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bayard Rustin<\/p>\n<p><em>Activist for peace and leader of the civil rights movement in America, Rustin is often remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. 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