Jan. 19 — It’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which means government offices, the post office, banks, and schools are closed in observance. Events are happening around the city, including this morning’s ...

“The proof that one truly believes is in action” – a quote by activist Bayard Rustin – opens the documentary about the man who famously organized the March on Washington in 1963. Brother Outsider: The ...

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 ...