The Gay Union Organizer Who Helped MLK Change the World
Bayard Rustin helped Martin Luther King Jr. achieve his vision of a more equitable society, even after King was assassinated 50 years ago.
April 04 2018 5:01 AM
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Bayard Rustin
Op-ed: Bayard Rustin Was My Love, My Leader
Walter Naegle remembers the legacy of his late partner, the civil rights leader Bayard Rustin.
January 19 2015 10:00 AM
Bayard Rustin Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Dr. Martin Luther King's key advisor receives highest civilian honor 25 years after his death.
August 08 2013 4:48 PM
Bayard Rustin: Martin Luther King’s views on gay people
This 1987 essay by Bayard Rustin reveals a personal account of MLK's feelings toward gay people.
January 15 2024 3:41 PM
Bayard Rustin's Life and Civil Rights Legacy in Photos
Check out photographs of the black gay civil rights leader throughout his lifetime.
January 19 2015 8:00 AM
PHOTOS: Ride, Rustin Awarded Medal of Freedom
The gay pioneers were among 16 honorees awarded the highest civilian honor at the White House Wednesday.
November 21 2013 11:17 AM
Bayard Rustin Finally Pardoned by California for Consensual Sex Arrest
The civil rights icon was sullied by a homophobic "morals charge" at the height of his career.
February 05 2020 2:51 PM
Bayard Rustin's Life and Civil Rights Legacy in Photos
Look back at the lifetime of accomplishments of the Black gay civil rights leader.
January 21 2019 9:30 AM
Op-ed: The Evolution of LGBT Heroes
More than 50 years after Bayard Rustin and others picked up the equality mantle, we continue to stand on their shoulders, writes the author of a new book on queer activism.
September 05 2015 4:15 AM
An Interview Between Bayard Rustin and Joseph Beam
Read this exclusive 1986 interview between Bayard Rustin and Joseph Beam about gay rights, which is now available in the republished book Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin.
January 01 2015 7:00 AM
10 Things to Know: Bayard Rustin
Here's a rundown on the man responsible for one of the largest peaceful demonstrations in American history.
November 20 2013 5:00 AM
Rustin Instilled Power To The People
Celebrating the hundredth anniversary of his birth, a new book shares the correspondence Martin Luther King Jr.'s right-hand man, Bayard Rustin, known as the "lost prophet" of the Civil Rights Movement.
March 16 2012 4:00 AM