In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... Philip Randolph and King’s ...

Of that which has been written about Dr. Martin Luther ... that Bayard’s expertness and commitment in this area will be of inestimable value.” Seventeen years older than King, Rustin was ...

“During Black History Month, we celebrate the best of humanity and the realized dreams of leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Bayard Rustin, recognizing that our shared humanity unites ...

and “troublemaker,” Bayard Rustin formulated many of the strategies that propelled the American civil rights movement. His passionate belief in Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence drew dr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...