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Bayard Rustin is an important yet hidden figure within several successful civil rights protests. – Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

Heroes

The secretly gay advisor to Martin Luther King was an American hero who can’t be forgotten

Erik Barnes

3/29/2025
Articles, Legacy

How MLK Convinced Nichelle Nichols to Stick With Star Trek

Jed Oelbaum

1/19/2015
Legacy

The Unsteady Shelf Life of a Social Justice Symbol

Sarah Stankorb

10/15/2014
Articles, Legacy

9 Ways Kids Keep Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Dream Alive

Manuel Rapada

10/15/2014
Articles, Legacy

How Smartphones Are Making it Easier to Fight Injustice

Julie Sokolow

1/26/2014
Articles, Legacy

‘Softmindedness,’ Riots, and Science: Seven Lesser-Known King Quotes

Cord Jefferson

1/18/2012
Articles, Legacy

Five Things You Should Know About Fred Shuttlesworth

Cord Jefferson

10/7/2011
Articles, Legacy

That Martin Luther King Quote Is Fake; Use These Instead

Cord Jefferson

5/5/2011
Articles, Culture, Legacy

Martin Luther King Jr. Cheated on His Wife and Got Drunk; Big Deal

Cord Jefferson

4/6/2011

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