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Black History Month – Remembering Bayard Rustin – New play based on biography – Lost Prophet

Check out the details of the new play at Jeff Kelly Lowenstein’s blog. Wondering if Harold Ford of Tennessee will be in attendance? CLICK HERE FOR OTHER BAYARD RUSTIN POSTINGS

Bayard Rustin: Gay Man in the Civil Rights Movement.

The man behind the man: Bayard Rustin & the pivotal role he played in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s success. Lost Histories : Bayard Rustin – Watch more Videos at Vodpod.

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr – Gandhi & Rustin

Fading Ad Campaign – © Frank H. Jump Gandhi and Rustin With assistance from the Quaker group the American Friends Service Committee and inspired by Gandhi’s success with non-violent activism, King visited Gandhi’s birthplace in India in 1959.  The trip to India affected King in a profound way, deepening his understanding of non-violent resistance and his commitment to America’s struggle […]

– – – Adam Clayton Powell was a homophobe! – – – Marlon Riggs: Black Is, Black Ain't – Deconstruction to Reconstruction: Marlon Riggs & Blackness

Previously posted on Fading Ad Campaign website. Adam Clayton Powell threatened to spread a rumor that Bayard Rustin & Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr were having an affair unless King fired Rustin from his integral leadership position in the Civil Rights Movement. Bayard went on to organize the August 28, 1963 March on Washington […]

February is Black History Month – Don't Forget Our LGBTQ African-Americans

Audre Lorde – Audrey Geraldine Lorde was born on February 18, 1934 in New York City. She decided to drop the “y” from the end of her name at a young age, setting a precedent in her life of self determination. She was the daughter of Caribbean immigrants who settled in Harlem. She graduated from […]

Lesbian & Gay African-Americans – Tribute to Black History Month – U.S. Commemorative Stamps – Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump Audre Lorde – Audrey Geraldine Lorde was born on February 18, 1934 in New York City. She decided to drop the “y” from the end of her name at a young age, setting a precedent in her life of self determination. She was the daughter of Caribbean immigrants who settled in […]