Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Feb. 2, 1964, image, Bayard Rustin talks on a telephone from a church in Brooklyn, New York. Patrick A. Burns/New York ...

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 ...

Bayard Rustin was the organizer of the successful March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Aug. 28, 1963, considered the seminal event in the Civil Rights Movement and the setting of Dr. Martin ...

Bayard Rustin is one of the most interesting and enigmatic figures in 20th-century American history yet, John D'Emilio argues in this comprehensive, nuanced and thoroughly admirable biography, "a man ...

Giving an unsung hero of the civil-rights movement his overdue moment, “Rustin” shines a flattering if dutiful spotlight on Bayard Rustin – the ally of Martin Luther King Jr. who organized the March ...

The civil rights activist’s life and legacy will be honored in a 2024-25 lineup that will also include spotlights on jazz history, and a rising star to warm up November. By Christopher Kuo The Oscars ...

Coinciding with this weekend’s release of the film Rustin, which honors the deceased civil rights leader, the National Black Justice Coalition renewed its call for a “Black Heritage Stamp” honoring ...

As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.” This, of course, is good ...

(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 ...