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Which President posthumously awarded Rustin the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
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Barack Obama posthumously awarded Bayard Rustin the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. Rustin was a civil rights leader who was instrumental in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He was also a gay man who was open about his sexuality at a time when it was not widely accepted.
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