Bayard Rustin: Organizer, Nonviolent Strategist, and Civil Rights Advocate Bayard Rustin Bayard Rustin (1912–1987) was an American civil rights strategist, pacifist organizer and adviser who linked nonviolence, labor, socialism and early gay-rights activism across mid-…
Birmingham Children's Crusade (May 1963) Birmingham Children's Crusade A nonviolent mass protest in Birmingham, Alabama (May 2–5, 1963) in which hundreds of schoolchildren took part. Their arrests and the harsh police response helped desegregate the c…
Birmingham, Alabama: history, economy, and civic profile Birmingham, Alabama Compact guide to Birmingham, Alabama—its geography, industrial and civil-rights history, major institutions, economy, landmarks, and role in the state's metropolitan landscape.
Peter Yarrow American folk singer, member of Peter, Paul and Mary, songwriter and activist known for "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and work in civil rights and children's education.
