a labor unionist, a socialist, a pacifist and, later in life, a gay rights advocate. Rustin was present at the creation of a host of pivotal American liberation movements. He helped found the ...
His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long ...
Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S. military under President Harry Truman. A pacifist, Rustin protested World War II by resisting the draft ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jerald Podair, Lawrence University (THE CONVERSATION) As I began writing “Bayard ...