1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
... on from protest to politics. During the Poor People's Campaign in 1968, which begun after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr on April 4, Rustin opposed the campaign due to his concerns about civil disobedience in which he argued that the plans were vague and had lacked any direction as well as it did not address the key issues of the day, specifically the income for African-Americans, but ... Rustin's main argument is 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 ... ...
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