Martin Luther King III called on those who oppose Trump to stay actively involved in politics, but insisted that civility ...

Bayard Rustin was a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement and a lifelong advocate for non-violence, human rights and equality.

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 ...

At the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis one September day, tourists pause solemnly before a ...

Joe Calhoun launched his activism during the 1968 sanitation workers strike, listening to Martin Luther King Jr. and other ...

Joe Calhoun became an activist during the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike, helping the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and ...

Insight into Benjamin E. Mays, Howard Thurman, and Bayard Rustin can help develop a better appreciation of Dr. Martin Luther ...

“He can out-grievance everyone.” Were he alive today, King would have rejected any movement built on anti-Americanism rhetoric, says Arch Puddington, who worked with Bayard Rustin, a civil rights ...

Memphis, TN, Jan. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel is proud to announce the acquisition of the extraordinary archive of Bayard Rustin, a pivotal ...

Memphis, TN, Jan. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel is proud to announce the acquisition of the extraordinary archive of Bayard Rustin ...