“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 ...

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 ...

The 37th Annual MLK Jr Day Celebration takes place ... them publicly for their commitment. Bayard Rustin acted as an influential adviser "behind the scenes" to civil-rights leaders. He worked along Dr ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s leadership exemplifies ... importance of uniting class struggles with civil rights. Bayard Rustin, one of King’s closest advisors and the chief architect of the ...

Bayard Rustin ... Much of Rustin’s perspective and ideology propelled his friend, fellow-freedom fighter, and collaborator Dr. Martin Luther King to prominence and pronounced influence.

The nation’s institutions should encourage an open exploration of its past — one that accounts for both triumphs and shortcomings, one that eschews sloppy oversimplification, one that highlights how ...

Yet King understood that racism, segregation, and police brutality were a national condition, not a regional issue. Many of his contemporaries refused to see this. While many Northern politicians and ...

Published caption: “BROTHER OUTSIDER: THE LIFE OF BAYARD RUSTIN” tells the story of the gay civil-rights activist. Rustin, right, is pictured with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. CALIFORNIA ...

Bayard Rustin' exhibit at National Civil Rights ... and a top associate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but his identity as a gay man made him a sometimes controversial figure among other leaders ...