Its author was none other than Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader—and later one of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s top confidants. “As I lay in bed for a few last minutes’ rest ...

Bayard Rustin, a Native Son who died in 1987, is often a hidden figure in history. Like many Black gay men who historically played prominent roles in impacting racial justice and politics ...

Although Bayard Rustin was one of the most important leaders of the American civil rights movement from the advent of its modern period in the 1950s until well into the 1980s, his name was seldom ...

As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography ... remarks eventually constituted one of the greatest ...

City Council passed a resolution Thursday to make March 17, 2025 “Bayard Rustin Day” on what would have been the trailblazer’s 113th birthday. Councilmember Rue Landau, D-At-Large ...

Andre D. Carroll, D-Phila., that designates March 17, 2025, as “Bayard Rustin Day” in Pennsylvania. On Wednesday, leaders from the Chester County History Center (CCHC) traveled to the ...

In 1963 Bayard Rustin, a political activist is influenced by the speeches, thoughts and actions of Martin Luther King. When given the task of organizing and coordinating a freedom march of around ...

That’s what made Saturday afternoon’s PIAA 5A first round matchup against Bayard Rustin so enticing for the Golden Hawks, who noticed on film that the sixth-place finisher in District 1 ...