1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
... at a time when homosexuality was not only frowned upon but was outlawed. In this paper, I will explain all the contributions that Bayard Rustin had made to 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 c...
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