Bayard Rustin, an openly queer pacifist ... Rustin was forced into the background of the catalytic event, even though his fundamental role was long acknowledged by Randolph, King, and others.

Although Bayard Rustin was one of the most important leaders of the American civil rights movement from the advent of its modern period in the 1950s until well into the 1980s, his name was seldom ...

“Bayard Rustin was a civil rights organizer in the mass struggles for Black liberation, as well as an anti-war activist and even a labor organizer,” said Mychal Odom, an assistant professor of ...

HARRISBURG, PA — On Wednesday, March 17, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives adopted a resolution to commemorate the day, as “Bayard Rustin Day,” honoring the legacy of the influential ...

Andre D. Carroll, D-Phila., that designates March 17, 2025, as “Bayard Rustin Day” in Pennsylvania. On Wednesday, leaders from the Chester County History Center (CCHC) traveled to the ...

Credit: Netflix It's hard to mince words when it comes to Rustin, the George C. Wolfe-directed historical drama about openly gay Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin. It's a terrible, scattered ...

In 1963 Bayard Rustin, a political activist is influenced by the speeches, thoughts and actions of Martin Luther King. When given the task of organizing and coordinating a freedom march of around ...