Loved ones and activists gathered at the former New York City home of the late out civil rights icon Bayard Rustin on March 17 to honor what would have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Feb. 2, 1964, image, Bayard Rustin talks on a telephone from a church in Brooklyn, New York. Patrick A. Burns/New York ...

The godfather of the movement was born on March 17, 1912, and should be celebrated as a history maker, particularly as the United States approaches its 250th anniversary.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TheGrio’s Jared Alexander caught up with the editor of “Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics,” Michael G. Long, and ...

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 ...

MLK ADVISOR Bayard Rustin, center, speaks with young adults prior to a demonstration in 1964. (Photo by Ed Ford, World-Telegram, public domain) With the recent release of a new Netflix film portraying ...

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.

Chris Rock, Glynn Turman and Audra McDonald also have key roles in the Netflix drama about the influential civil and gay rights activist. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Rustin was a key figure in 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

George C. Wolfe's film Rustin tells the important but largely unknown story of Bayard Rustin, a gay Black man and activist who played a crucial role in the civil rights movement, particularly the ...