1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
... 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 ... due to the fact that he was formerly tied to the Communist movement. Hoover had requested Attorney General Robert Kennedy to authorize electronic surveillance on him, in which Kennedy authorized and in which Hoover had given the wiretaps to Rustin's enemies in order for them to cause Rustin's ...
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