“Bayard Rustin was a civil rights organizer in the ... it’s historically caused people to see it as the “I Have a Dream” speech and to try to use it as a way to promote Dr.

I'm preparing for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday by reading books and watching documentaries about the civil rights leader's life work. It was during my deep dive into the life of a ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN. Now the home of ...

But it wasn’t easy, because Bayard Rustin was America’s signature radical voice during the 20th century ... Though Rustin didn’t know it at the time, King’s “I Have a Dream” remarks eventually ...

But it wasn’t easy, because Bayard Rustin was America’s signature radical ... remarks eventually constituted one of the greatest speeches ever delivered in American history.

The "generational gap," as the cliche has it, is considerably less than tremendous. Bayard Rustin's recent visit to Harvard as an Honorary Associate of the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics ...

Jerald Podair, Lawrence University (THE CONVERSATION) As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues ...

But it wasn’t easy, because Bayard Rustin was America ... constituted one of the greatest speeches ever delivered in American history. Rustin’s internal conflicts The constituent parts ...

In 1963 Bayard Rustin, a political activist is influenced by the speeches, thoughts and actions of Martin Luther King. When given the task of organizing and coordinating a freedom march of around ...

14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel is proud to announce the acquisition of the extraordinary archive of Bayard Rustin, a pivotal figure in the ...