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Black History Month at The Wright | The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

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Wright Museum Black History Month 2023
Wright Museum Black History Month 2023 (thewright.org)

Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans, in recognition of their central role in U.S. history.

This observance event grew out of “Negro History Week,” established by historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans in 1926.Across the nation and around the world, Black History Month serves as a reminder of the resilience of generations of African Americans of all backgrounds who have fought for freedom and justice. The Wright…

Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble

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Bayard Rustin
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble (The Conversation)

Bayard Rustin led a long and complicated life dedicated to the fight for equal rights. Targeted by the FBI, Rustin became a close adviser to Martin Luther King Jr.

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 advice for any biographer, and I tried to follow it.But it wasn’t easy, because Bayard Rustin was America’s signature radical voice during the…

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