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Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil ...
Social justice advocates are creating a LGBTQ+ history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a gathering in the riot-torn area of Los Angeles, Aug. 18, 1965. Bayard Rustin, King’s aide, is at left. Black LGBTQ+ political representation has grown by ...
The 24th annual Bayard Rustin/Audre Lorde Breakfast honored the legacies of LGBTQ+ icons Bayard Rustin and Audre Lorde and celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. by promoting a vision of a “beloved ...
Bayard Rustin shaped the civil rights movement, yet history often overlooked him for being gay.
This fall, a digital archive will open access to one of the Civil Rights Movement’s most overlooked leaders: Bayard Rustin.
Insight into Benjamin E. Mays, Howard Thurman, and Bayard Rustin can help develop a better appreciation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Bayard Rustin, the LGBTQ Civil Rights activist and mentor of Martin Luther King Jr., has left a legacy for Black and LGBTQ ...
“Bayard Rustin was a civil rights organizer in the mass struggles for Black liberation, as well as an anti-war activist and even a labor organizer,” said Mychal Odom, an assistant professor of ...