Discover the remarkable life of Bayard Rustin, a civil rights leader and co-founder of CORE and SCLC. His contributions to ...

“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 ...

His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long deserved a much more respected place in the history of the Civil Rights ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. Now the home of ...

Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S. military under President Harry Truman. A pacifist, Rustin protested World War II by resisting the draft ...

Of that which has been written about Dr. Martin Luther ... that Bayard’s expertness and commitment in this area will be of inestimable value.” Seventeen years older than King, Rustin was ...

But it wasn’t easy, because Bayard Rustin was America’s signature radical voice during the 20th century, and yes, I believe those voices includes that of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., whom ...

I'm preparing for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday ... for social justice that I came across Bayard Rustin, a lesser-known activist than King but critical nonetheless to the success ...

Those of us committed to continuing King’s dream should be outraged by the unjust economic proposals being advanced by the administration and Republicans in Congress.