These portraits of activists James Baldwin, Marsha P. Johnson, and Bayard Rustin were created by artist Marisa Velázquez-Rivas. The quotes included in the portraits are below but you can also click on the image above for a closer look.

“Everybody’s journey is individual”.- James Baldwin

“We should not be ashamed of who we are.”- Marsha P. Johnson

“Let us be enraged by injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it.” – Bayard Rustin