1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
... 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 ... contribution that Bayard Rustin had created as an activist is the Journey of Reconciliation in 1947 in which he, as a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation as well as a member of the American Friends Service Committee along with FOR member George Houser and 14 o...
- Word Count: 1949
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- Grade Level: Graduate