Sixty-two years ago, a quarter of a million people gathered for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, ...

In this Feb. 2, 1964, image, Bayard Rustin talks on a telephone from a church in Brooklyn, New York. Patrick A. Burns/New York Times Co./Getty Images As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American ...

Rustin was marginalized for his identity as a gay Black man, but continued to fight for equality. His surviving partner Walter Naegle spoke with Insider reporter Yoonji Han about keeping Rustin's ...

NEW YORK -- Social justice advocates are creating a LGBTQ+ history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil Rights Movement and key architect of the March on Washington.

NEW YORK — Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil Rights Movement and key architect of the March on Washington. The ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Colman Domingo, star of the movie "Rustin," about civil rights icon Bayard Rustin's work. Activist Rachelle Horowitz, who helped Rustin organize the 1963 march, joins.

Awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 posthumously to Bayard Rustin 50 years after he served as the March on Washington's chief organizer, President Barack Obama said the honoree ...

Julian Breece speaks of the power of the activist’s story, which has finally received the feature film treatment. By Tyler Coates Awards Editor The reason Rustin is absent from mainstream history is ...

Domingo plays Bayard Rustin, the civil rights activist and master planner behind 1963's March on Washington. By Zoe G. Phillips Colman Domingo shared this week what former President Barack Obama told ...

He stood 6-foot-1, weighed 190 pounds and moved with the grace of an athlete. A sharp dresser who favored linen shirts and stylish ties, Bayard Rustin sported a Clark Gable mustache and adopted a ...

“Who is Bayard Rustin?” That’s a question film producer and Palm Springs resident David Permut heard for 14 years while pitching the film “Rustin." He said it became “like a mantra.” Until recently, ...