TheGrio’s Jared Alexander caught up with the editor of “Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics,” Michael G. Long, and Rustin’s surviving partner Walter Naegle days before the 60th anniversary ...

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 ...

A National Civil Rights Museum exhibit shows how Bayard Rustin shaped history while remaining largely behind the scenes. You ...

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 ...

This year marks the centennial of the birth of Bayard Rustin, one of the most significant yet ignored figures in American history. Rustin, a native son of West Chester, was the master strategist of ...

Colman Domingo plays Bayard Rustin in the film, which comes 60 years after the historic March on Washington Colman Domingo's latest role sheds light on a pivotal American civil rights leader. On ...

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When “Rustin,” a film about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin told with clarity and conviction, premiered a few weeks ago at the Telluride Film Festival, it received an enthusiastic reception, ...

A human rights icon known as an architect of the civil rights movement was posthumously pardoned for his conviction under outdated laws punishing homosexual activity, California’s governor announced ...

The idea of Colman Domingo nabbing an Oscar nom isn’t unwelcome at all, and the vehicle that might earn him that accolade is Rustin (now on Netflix), a biopic of somewhat-unsung (but becoming less so) ...

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 ...

Rustin is an upcoming Netflix movie about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin and his impact on the success of the 1963 March on Washington. It’s partly a biopic and partly a drama about the struggle ...