Rustin was marginalized for his identity as a gay Black man, but continued to fight for equality. His surviving partner Walter Naegle spoke with Insider reporter Yoonji Han about keeping Rustin's ...
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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 ...
Colman Domingo plays Bayard Rustin in the film, which comes 60 years after the historic March on Washington Colman Domingo's latest role sheds light on a pivotal American civil rights leader. On ...
He stood 6-foot-1, weighed 190 pounds and moved with the grace of an athlete. A sharp dresser who favored linen shirts and stylish ties, Bayard Rustin sported a Clark Gable mustache and adopted a ...
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 ...
If 200,000 Jews who turned up at the March for Israel in Washington on Nov. 14 feel more empowered since that gathering, they have Bayard Rustin to thank. Then again, so does everyone else in the ...
WEST CHESTER, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- The nation celebrated the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington on Monday, in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led more than 200,000 people in a call for ...
A National Civil Rights Museum exhibit shows how Bayard Rustin shaped history while remaining largely behind the scenes. You ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s governor announced Wednesday that he is posthumously pardoning a gay civil rights leader while creating a new pardon process for others convicted under outdated laws ...
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 ...
Bayard Rustin was a civil rights leader who organized the 1963 March on Washington. Rustin was marginalized for his identity as a gay Black man, but continued to fight for equality. His surviving ...