Books & Poetry

“Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics,” edited by Michael G. Long, foreword by Clayborne Carson

As in the new book “Bayard Rustin,” essays edited by Michael G. Long, there’s always work to do and good trouble. Somehow, it seems, in the discussion about Martin Luther King and the leadership he brought to the Civil Rights Movement, certain things may be left out. In the case of Bayard Rustin, says Long, the record needs to […]

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