As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my ...

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, Rustin’s ...

Bayard Rustin began his lifelong activism work after moving to New York in the 1930s, where he was involved in pacifist groups and early civil rights protests. Combining nonviolent resistance with ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Colman Domingo, a West Philadelphia native, is preparing to head to the Oscars as a nominee in a key category. Domingo is up for Best Actor for his portrayal of Bayard Rustin in the ...

We all know about the 1963 March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech, but I’m guessing that most of us don’t know the details about how that event came to be. I’m ...

“Rustin,” the bio-pic from former President Barack Obama’s and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, will debut on Netflix on Nov. 17. Directed by George C. Wolfe, who previously helmed 2020’s ...

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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jerald Podair, Lawrence University (THE CONVERSATION) As I began writing “Bayard ...