Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
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 ...
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Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
Jerald Podair, Lawrence University (THE CONVERSATION) As I began writing “Bayard ... civil rights history – the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. But it almost did not happen ...
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Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
Jerald Podair, Lawrence University (THE CONVERSATION) As I began writing “Bayard ... Rustin trained and mentored. His vision of nonviolence was breathtakingly broad. He was a civil rights ...
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Bayard Rustin Symposium returns in Vallejo
Since 2018, Anna Bergman has organized the Bayard Rustin Symposium in Vallejo, honoring the life and legacy of the political activist and prominent civil rights leader. “Bayard Rustin was a ...
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National Civil Rights Museum acquires Bayard Rustin collection
MEMPHIS (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Tennessee is proud to announce the acquisition of the extraordinary archive of Bayard Rustin, a pivotal figure in ...
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Is Bayard Rustin the true inheritor of Gandhi’s mantle in the US?
Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin implemented the Gandhian methods of non-violence and civil disobedience much before Martin Luther King Jr was even aware of their power. But now he remains ...