Ben Jealous serves as president of People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation. (Courtesy Photo) Thanksgiving 2020: Grateful for new hope and new direction in our nation By Ben Jealous This hasn’t been a normal year, and it isn’t going to be a normal Thanksgiving. Instead of looking forward to […]
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“Bayard Rustin: An Unsung Hero for Equality”
A decade before Rosa Parks’ arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, police dragged Bayard Rustin off a bus in Tennessee for the same act of protest. When pressed about why he was resisting segregation, Rustin gestured to a young White boy seated at the front of the bus. […]