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FILE - Civil rights leader Bayard Rustin is seen on Dec. 14, 1970, in New York. (AP Photo/File)

A Bayard Rustin archive aims to preserve his legacy as a queer Civil Rights activist

July 8, 2025

Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil Rights Movement and key architect of the March on Washington. The Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice says the archive will be available online in the fall. The collection of rare TV footage, documents, and firsthand accounts will illustrate Rustin’s life and influence. He was a mentor to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a leading organizer of the March on Washington. The Associated Press recently discovered and digitized video showing Rustin addressing rallies in New York.

This photo provided by the New York Public Library shows the exterior of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York on May 7, 2025. (Jonathan Blanc/New York Public Library via AP)

The home of one of the largest catalogs of Black history turns 100 in New York

June 13, 2025

The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country. The center hopes to spread awareness of that fact Saturday as it celebrates its centennial at two marquee annual events. The Black Comic Book Festival and the Schomburg Literary Festival on Saturday will feature readings, discussions, workshops, cosplay and a vendor marketplace. The center’s leaders have curated over 100 objects for an exhibition that tells the story of the center’s people and the place that shaped it. Celebration of the center’s centennial is expected to continue for a full year.

Jaylen Green.

A Bayard Rustin archive aims to preserve his legacy as a queer Civil Rights activist

The home of one of the largest catalogs of Black history turns 100 in New York

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