Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil ...

Now Rustin’s impact is being lauded anew in a multimedia exhibition at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. The show is called “Speaking Truth to Power: The Life of Bayard Rustin ...

Rustin and A. Philip Randolph were co-architects of the 1963 March On Washington for Jobs and Freedom — where King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Do you want more?

Bayard Rustin, King’s aide, is at left. Black LGBTQ+ political representation has grown by 186% since 2019, according to a 2023 report by the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute.

But if it weren't for organizers like Bayard Rustin, there would not have been 250,000 people present at the Lincoln Memorial to hear the speech, raising the unlikelihood that the speech would be ...

Mr. Rustin, who died in 1987, helped plan the Montgomery bus boycott and the March on Washington, but his legacy was tarnished by a 1953 conviction under laws targeting L.G.B.T.Q. people.

After all, the 1963 “March on Washington” that culminated with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech was Rustin’s brainchild.

After all, the 1963 “March on Washington” that culminated with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech was Rustin’s brainchild.

Domingo is nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Bayard Rustin, an activist who was forced into the background because he was gay. Originally broadcast Dec. 11, 2024.