On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march was the brainchild of longtime civil rights activist and labor ...

I say that because of the focus on freedom, the focus on labor rights; these are all important introductions that Bayard Rustin had brought to the lead organizing for the March on Washington.

American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.” This, of course, is good advice for any biographer, and I ...

The San Diego GLBTQ Historic Task Force partnered with Mayor Todd Gloria's office and the City of San Diego Human Relations ...

However, fairness demands that the extent of Rustin's work receive a fair public reception. Bayard Taylor Rustin was born on March 17, 1912, to Florence Rustin, one of eight children of Julia and ...

Diego, CA–San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and the City of San Diego Human Relations Commission, in partnership with the San Diego ...

but he never shied away from his Black roots A new film finally spotlights Bayard Rustin, the gay civil rights activist who organized the 1963 March on Washington During World War II, the OSS sent ...

Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, said yesterday that the only way Negroes can get social and economic equality is by allying with liberals. Speaking softly but intensely, Rustin told a group of ...