Author Archives: Michael G. Long

This year marks the centennial of the birth of Bayard Rustin, one of the most significant yet ignored figures in American history. Rustin, a native son of West Chester, was the master strategist of the pinnacle event in American protest politics—the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. He was also an openly […]

With the release of “Red Tails,” the nation’s attention has focused once again on the courageous African American pilots of World War II who battled German aces while enduring countless racial indignities in the U.S. military. But as the Tuskegee Airmen have finally begun to receive long-overdue recognition and honor, it is equally important for […]