In this Feb. 2, 1964, image, Bayard Rustin talks on a telephone from a church in Brooklyn, New York. Patrick A. Burns/New York Times Co./Getty Images As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American ...

Al Letson revisits a story about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin that he produced 16 years ago for Black History Month.

Bayard Rustin was the organizer of the successful March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Aug. 28, 1963, considered the seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement and the setting of Dr. Martin ...

This year marks the centennial of the birth of Bayard Rustin, one of the most significant yet ignored figures in American history. Rustin, a native son of West Chester, was the master strategist of ...

NEW YORK -- Social justice advocates are creating a LGBTQ+ history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil Rights Movement and key architect of the March on Washington.

Julian Breece speaks of the power of the activist’s story, which has finally received the feature film treatment. By Tyler Coates Awards Editor The reason Rustin is absent from mainstream history is ...

Queer and Black Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin’s work previously overshadowed will now be available via digital archive. A new digital archive honoring Bayard Rustin is set to launch this fall, ...

MLK ADVISOR Bayard Rustin, center, speaks with young adults prior to a demonstration in 1964. (Photo by Ed Ford, World-Telegram, public domain) With the recent release of a new Netflix film portraying ...

Sixty years ago this week, 250,000 people came together for the historic March on Washington, best remembered, of course, for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. While various ...

In this Aug. 1, 1963, file photo, Bayard Rustin, organizer of the March on Washington, poses in New York City. In this Aug. 1, 1963, file photo, Bayard Rustin, organizer of the March on Washington, ...

Domingo plays Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist and master planner behind 1963's March on Washington. By Zoe G. Phillips Colman Domingo shared this week what former President Barack Obama told ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Feb. 2, 1964, image, Bayard Rustin talks on a telephone from a church in Brooklyn, New York. Patrick A. Burns/New York ...