But now, history has begun to take another look at Bayard Rustin. In 2013, 50 years after the March on Washington, Rustin was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President ...

A name not as widely recognized, however, is that of Bayard Rustin ... urging President Barack Obama to award Rustin a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. On Aug. 8, the White House ...

In 2013, Bayard Rustin, who died in 1987, was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama, along with Bill Clinton and others. On that occasion progressive radio and ...

Bayard Rustin, a Native Son who died ... Native Son recognizes Rustin as a maverick, an innovator, and a freedom fighter who ...

Mr. Kirchick is the author of “Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington.” Bayard Rustin, a trusted adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. and chief organizer of the 1963 March on ...

President Barack Obama posthumously awarded Rustin with a Medal of Freedom It should come as no surprise that Netflix’s biographical drama centered on the life of Bayard Rustin was produced by ...

By Tiffany Martinbrough As an adolescent, Bayard Rustin had many virtues ... In 2013, President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rustin, who died in 1987.

Domingo plays Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist and ... President Obama posthumously awarded Rustin the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. The film, released on Netflix in November ...

referring to Rustin’s posthumously awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. “But Michelle’s and my hope is that, by telling Bayard’s story, more people will appreciate leaders like ...

Clinton and Oprah Winfrey will be among 16 people that President Barack Obama will venerate later this year with the Presidential Medal of Freedom ... Cubs. —Bayard Rustin, civil and gay ...

Bayard Rustin, a Native Son who died in 1987, is often a hidden figure in history. Like many Black gay men who historically played prominent roles in impacting racial justice and politics, Rustin ...