Civil rights advisor Bayard Rustin helped inform Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘dream’
“Bayard Rustin was a civil rights organizer in ... was 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 ...
Bayard Rustin: Still Speaking Truth to Power
A high-impact exhibition on the civil rights activist—who orchestrated the 1963 March on Washington—opens at the National ...
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Annual Bayard Rustin/Audre Lorde breakfast honors LGBTQ+ icons and MLK Jr. legacy
T he 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 ...
MLK in the North: The Civil Rights Leader Understood That Racism and Segregation Were National Problems
Yet King understood that racism, segregation, and police brutality were a national condition, not a regional issue. Many of ...
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Pennsylvania House Honors Bayard Rustin with Designated Day
On Wednesday, March 17, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives adopted a resolution to commemorate the day, as “Bayard ...