In this Feb. 2, 1964, image, Bayard Rustin talks on a telephone from a church in Brooklyn, New York. Patrick A. Burns/New York Times Co./Getty Images As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American ...

NEW YORK -- Social justice advocates are creating a LGBTQ+ history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil Rights Movement and key architect of the March on Washington.

NEW YORK — Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil Rights Movement and key architect of the March on Washington. The ...

(RNS) — Bayard Rustin’s contributions to the Civil Rights Movement were methodically marginalized and his role overshadowed by figures like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. It’s little surprise, given ...

Bayard Rustin was an unsung hero of the civil rights movement. But he’s finally getting the spotlight in Netflix biopic “Rustin” (now streaming), which chronicles his efforts to help organize the 1963 ...

Julian Breece speaks of the power of the activist’s story, which has finally received the feature film treatment. By Tyler Coates Awards Editor The reason Rustin is absent from mainstream history is ...

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Awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 posthumously to Bayard Rustin 50 years after he served as the March on Washington's chief organizer, President Barack Obama said the honoree ...

Domingo plays Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist and master planner behind 1963's March on Washington. By Zoe G. Phillips Colman Domingo shared this week what former President Barack Obama told ...

The civil rights activist’s life and legacy will be honored in a 2024-25 lineup that will also include spotlights on jazz history, and a rising star to warm up November. By Christopher Kuo The Oscars ...

“Who is Bayard Rustin?” That’s a question film producer and Palm Springs resident David Permut heard for 14 years while pitching the film “Rustin." He said it became “like a mantra.” Until recently, ...