A master strategist and committed pacifist, Bayard Rustin was the architect behind many of the civil rights movement’s most important victories, notably the 1963 March on Washington, where ...

Now Rustin’s impact is being lauded anew in a multimedia exhibition at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. The show is called “Speaking Truth to Power: The Life of Bayard Rustin ...

Bayard Rustin, a native of West Chester, was a close advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and played a pivotal role in making nonviolent resistance a foundational principle of the Civil Rights Mov… ...

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 ...

As 1962 is drawing to a close and economic opportunities for African Americans remain meager, A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin start kicking around the idea of bringing back the March on ...

PUBLISHED: January 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM PST The Bayard Rustin Symposium is returning to Vallejo this weekend after a year hiatus, this time celebrating local activist Brenda Crawford.

Mr. Rustin, who died in 1988, was openly gay. The Bayard Rustin Commemorative Alliance will sponsor a rally at 9:30 A.M. today at McPherson Square.

Bayard Rustin, who in 1963 had organized the historic March on Washington, criticized the movement’s new priorities by pointing to a poll in 1969 showing that the vast majority of blacks—“proud ...

But Rustin’s connection to queer culture may have stretched back even further, indeed to the very beginning of his life. Born Bayard Taylor Rustin in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1912, he was ...

A beloved community leader, Lisa serves as the Executive Director of the Soul of Pride, is a former President of the San Francisco Pride Board of Directors, and is an active member of the Bayard ...

Rustin tells the story of Bayard Rustin, a key figure of the civil rights movement and architect of the 1963 March on Washington, whose story was marginalized in history because he was openly gay.

Colman Domingo portrays Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist and chief organizer of the Aug/ 28, 1963, March on Washington. The biopic "Rustin" is streaming on Netflix. (NCR screengrab/Netflix) ...