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A street in Nyack, New York was renamed "Bayard Rustin Way" in 2022 to honor Rustin's memory. [ 118 ] On June 5, 2023, the Pasadena City Council adopted a resolution introduced by Councilmember Jason Lyon declaring that the "City of Pasadena celebrates and concurs in the Governor's 2020 pardon of Bayard Rustin" and supporting the issuance of a ...
"Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics" is a collection of 19 essays that explore the highs and lows of the Black gay civil rights activist's life. New book looks beyond 'Mr. March on ...
A new Netflix film is shining a spotlight on Bayard Rustin, one of the architects of the March on Washington who has largely been left out of the history books.
Colman Domingo plays Bayard Rustin in the movie 'Rustin', which tells the true story of how the civil rights activist organized the 1963 march on Washington.
On March 21, 1949, Rustin and two white protesters surrendered at the courthouse in Hillsborough and were sent to segregated chain gangs. Rustin published journal entries about the experience. His writings, as well as the actions of the “Journey” riders in April 1947, in time inspired Rosa Parks’ nonviolent protest in 1955 and the Freedom ...
The March on Washington Movement (MOWM), 1941–1946, organized by activists A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin [1] was a tool designed to pressure the U.S. government into providing fair working opportunities for African Americans and desegregating the armed forces by threat of mass marches on Washington, D.C. during World War II.
In “Rustin,” producer and director George C. Wolfe turns the spotlight on Bayard Rustin, a lesser-known contemporary of Martin Luther King Jr. The film reunites Wolfe with his “Ma Rainey’s ...
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin is a 2003 American biographical documentary film co-produced and co-directed by Nancy Kates and Bennett Singer. The documentary recounts the life of Bayard Rustin, the African-American civil rights activist, notable for his activism for racial equality, gay rights, socialist issues, and organizing the 1963 March on Washington.