You have probably noticed the buzz about the new biopic about one of America’s greatest and most often overlooked civil rights leaders, Bayard Rustin. Maybe you’ve already watched it. As biopics go, ...

MLK ADVISOR Bayard Rustin, center, speaks with young adults prior to a demonstration in 1964. (Photo by Ed Ford, World-Telegram, public domain) With the recent release of a new Netflix film portraying ...

There’s such a sheen of biopic respectability coating Rustin—Netflix’s new award-season entrant—that you almost miss how radical it is. From left: Michael Potts as Cleve Robinson, Aml Ameen as Martin ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

Colman Domingo plays civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, an organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, in the Netflix film Rustin. Domingo said he felt a responsibility to introduce Rustin to modern ...

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 ...

Horizons segment about Bayard Rustin’s life and legacy discussed with Rev. Deryck Tines. This segment from Horizons includes an interview with Rev. Deryck Tines and was reported by Chris Moore. This ...

"Knowing that a Black man who was openly gay in the '40s and '50s not only survived but helped change the course of history deeply impacted my sense of self-worth and what felt possible for my life," ...

This episode has also been published as “Angelic Troublemaker: Bayard Rustin” and “Giving Bayard Rustin His Flowers“ Caption: Bayard Rustin, half-length portrait, facing front, microphones in ...

In the ’90s I was a founding member of the Black History Club in high school, took Black history courses in college and worked in the minority affairs office in grad school, and yet I did not know who ...

Going into the writing process, my hope was to write a film that honored Bayard Rustin and the other invisible men. I learned about Bayard Rustin, the genius behind the March on Washington, in my high ...