1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
... painted Rustin as a "draft dodger, a Communist, and a homosexual" and having his 1953 arrest entered into the public record in order to tarnish Rustin's reputation and as proof of his claim, produced an FBI photo of him and Martin Luther King in the tub in King's home, ... that he had concerns about disruptive tactics in the campaign. During the 1970s, Rustin once more shifted his focus to the labor movement in which he saw this movement as the model for empowering the African-American community and having economic justice for all Americans in which he made significant contributions ... ...
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- Grade Level: Graduate