1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
... 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 constrict him. Other ... 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 which he, as a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation as well as a member of the American Friends Service Committee along with ...
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- Grade Level: Graduate