1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
... the Civil Rights movement during the mid to late 20th century and why he is not given credit for the other activities that he was responsible for. Writers and historians such as Lawrence Freedman have stated that Bayard Rustin was content with his status as an "intellectual engineer behind the scenes." In their ... view, Rustin was a powerful man with such a powerful political philosophy that the leadership at the ... time had begun to constrict him. Other historians have argued that the main reason why Rustin was written out of the history books is because he ... him to be an opponent ...
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- Grade Level: Graduate