Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast D.C. unveiled a new portrait of Bayard Rustin on Sunday. Rustin was an openly gay, ...

Domingo plays Bayard Rustin, one of the most influential figures of the civil rights movement, in the forthcoming Netflix film directed by George C. Wolfe and produced by the Obamas' company.

African American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin (1912–1987) talks to a reporter on July 23, 1964, during the Harlem Riots in Manhattan. (Photo by Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images ...

Here’s how it stacks up against archival images. By Tiffany Martinbrough As an adolescent, Bayard Rustin had many virtues. He was smart: He served as his high school valedictorian. He was ...

A sharp dresser who favored linen shirts and stylish ties, Bayard Rustin sported a Clark Gable mustache and adopted a British accent that gave him an even more courtly bearing. There was no civil ...

Another scene shows little Ruby Bridges as she’s escorted by marshals to a New Orleans elementary school, an image also recreated in a famous ... years in the life of gay civil rights activist Bayard ...

Wolfe: He was openly gay and was forced to the sidelines because his sexuality was considered too taboo for public leadership — and was also seen as a threat to King’s image as other Civil ...

Spoiler alert! The following story contains plot details about Netflix drama “Rustin” (now streaming). Bayard Rustin was an unsung hero of the civil rights movement. But he’s finally getting ...

Image From left: civil rights leaders Bayard Rustin, Jack Greenberg, Whitney Young, James Farmer, Roy Wilkins, Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph and Courtland Cox in 1964 ...

Bayard Rustin was a civil rights leader who organized the 1963 March on Washington. Rustin was marginalized for his identity as a gay Black man, but continued to fight for equality. His surviving ...

A new film finally spotlights Bayard Rustin ... and labor movements.” L to R: Rustin, Bernard Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964 Bettmann via Getty Images Still, Rustin’s resolve didn ...