Over the course of a 75-year life that ended in 1987, Bayard Rustin had been a member — by choice or by circumstance — of more disfavored societal groups than the average ego is capable of keeping ...

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 ...

Bayard Rustin, a Native Son who died in 1987, is often a hidden figure in history. Like many Black gay men who historically ...

What made the rights activist Bayard Rustin, who among many other things organized the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a compelling political figure? David Stein describes Rustin’s ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

Queer and Black Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin’s work previously overshadowed will now be available via digital archive. A new digital archive honoring Bayard Rustin is set to launch this fall, ...

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.

Bayard Rustin was a towering but often unrecognized figure in the history of American civil rights. He was the strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington and a key advisor to Dr. Martin Luther ...