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 ... , his biographer John D'Emilio states that Rustin had remained "unusually open" about it. The first contribution that Bayard Rustin had created as an activist is the Journey of Reconciliation in 1947 in whic...
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