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	Leonard Bernstein and actress Lauren Bacall at a party for lyricist Betty Comden (not pictured) in 1967.

	Musical Artists Throughout the 1960s, composer, conductor, pianist, and lecturer Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) was undoubtedly the most visible proponent of classical music in American culture. He used his celebrity to broadcast his support for African-American civil rights and the anti-Vietnam War movement. Despite his willingness to support unpopular causes, Bernstein was sensitive to the career-busting impact public revelation of his homosexuality would have in the 1950s and 1960s, and waited until the late 1970s to come out. read more

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