Rustin was committed to a vision of egalitarian social transformation and sought to alter the terms of political debate toward that end; Barack Obama is not and never has been. After the movie’s ...

Because Bayard Rustin was the blueprint." Domingo's performance is also garnering award consideration, which the actor credits to his "journeyman" career. "I can look at the body of my work and be ...

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 ...

Bayard Rustin has emerged of late as a hero almost perfectly tuned to our time. A Black civil-rights leader who was an architect of the 1963 March on Washington, he was also, in an aptly ...

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.

As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my ...

Bayard Rustin was a key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. and a tireless advocate for equality. He was also openly gay.

The debaters on the Howard University podium that October 1961 day were taking up a question: Should African-Americans be against or for segregation? On the anti side was Bayard Rustin, ...

“If my great-grandfather picked cotton for 50 years, then he may deserve some money, but he’s dead and gone, and nobody owes me anything.”— Bayard Rustin, chief organizer, strategist, and ...

As this debate continues, here’s a look at what history lessons provided by History UnErased look like: ... Bayard Rustin is another person who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.

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.