As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer ... Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on March 17, 1912, Rustin was one of 12 children raised by their grandparents.

Bayard Taylor Rustin was born on March 17, 1912, to Florence Rustin, one of eight children of Julia and Janifer Rustin of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Florence's child had been born out of wedlock; the ...

Born on March 17, 1912, Rustin was one of 12 children raised by his grandparents ... s so many people don’t know the life and legacy of Bayard has been a problem,” said David Johns, executive ...

Bayard Rustin will get the long-awaited big-screen ... behind King and Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and the Children’s Crusade to end segregation in downtown stores.” The film features a star ...

Its author was none other than Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader—and later one of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s top confidants. “As I lay in bed for a few last minutes’ rest ...

A sharp dresser who favored linen shirts and stylish ties, Bayard Rustin sported a Clark Gable mustache and adopted a British accent that gave him an even more courtly bearing. There was no civil ...

Spoiler alert! The following story contains plot details about Netflix drama “Rustin” (now streaming). Bayard Rustin was an unsung hero of the civil rights movement. But he’s finally getting ...

And yet, Bayard Rustin, the maestro behind the planning of the March on Washington, is still not a household name 60 years later. A new movie plans to change that. Rustin, out in select theaters ...