1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
... in order for them to cause Rustin's reputation to take a significant hit4. As Devon Carbado and Donald Wiese argued that "perhaps no other figure contributed so much to the civil rights movement yet been so penalized by it" 5. Although Rustin struggles with the political and spiritual consequences of his homosexuality, his biographer John D'Emilio states that Rustin had remained "unusually ... open" about it. The first contribution that Bayard Rustin had created as an activist is the Journey of Reconciliation in ... of Martin Luther King, Jr on April 4, Rustin opposed the campaign due ...
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