Discover the remarkable life of Bayard Rustin, a civil rights leader and co-founder of CORE and SCLC. His contributions to ...

Although Bayard Rustin was one of the most important ... for all its importance, never garnered Rustin the public acclaim he may have deserved. Rustin's homosexuality and early communist affiliation ...

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 ...

It was during my deep dive into the life of a man who had become the most famous symbol for social justice that I came across Bayard Rustin, a lesser-known activist than King but critical ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. Now the home of ...

His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard ... Rustin to collaborate on civil rights work, according to an article on Rustin at ...

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 ...

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 ...

Personal and public collections, including African sculptures, early Christian and Byzantine art ... Speaking Truth to Power: The Life of Bayard Rustin will run from March 28, 2025, through the end of ...