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

Bayard Rustin

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

February 1, 2023

As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical...

The history of the raised fist, a global symbol of fighting oppression George Floyd Memorial - A young man and woman hug each other in shared grief while the woman raises a fist.

George Floyd Memorial - A young man and woman hug each other in shared grief while the woman raises a fist.

The history of the raised fist, a global symbol of fighting oppression

January 23, 2023

One of the earliest known instances in the U.S. of a protester brandishing a...

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