His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long ...

and we are convinced that Bayard’s expertness and commitment in this area will be of inestimable value.” Seventeen years older than King, Rustin was more of a brother figure unlike the much ...

While preparing for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I stumbled across Bayard Rustin, a lesser-known activist critical to the ...

But it wasn’t easy, because Bayard Rustin was America’s signature radical voice during the 20th century, and yes, I believe those voices includes that of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., whom ...

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 ...