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

“Bayard Rustin was a civil rights organizer in ... excluded from the stories about the movement for so long. Martin Luther King Jr. was advised to cut ties with Rustin for that very reason ...

His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long deserved a much more respected place in the history of the Civil Rights ...

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

Of that which has been written about Dr. Martin Luther ... that Bayard’s expertness and commitment in this area will be of inestimable value.” Seventeen years older than King, Rustin was ...

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 ...

I'm preparing for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday ... for social justice that I came across Bayard Rustin, a lesser-known activist than King but critical nonetheless to the success ...

But it wasn’t easy, because Bayard Rustin was America’s signature radical voice during the 20th century, and yes, I believe those voices includes that of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., whom ...

The Central Michigan University Office of LGBTQ+ Services and Gender Equity Programs held a seminar on Wednesday that ...

Every year the nation pauses, reflects and commemorates the impact and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. In truth, King's life was very complex.

It was Martin Luther King Jr. who had ... rights movement was galvanizing. King, whose birth we celebrate as a national holiday this Jan. 20, was — along with Rosa Parks, John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer, ...

A 2025 tribute to the life and legacy of Dr. King by the citizens of New York State. In this one-hour tribute to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther ... advisors was Bayard Rustin, a gay ...