1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
... during the Civil Rights movement was the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom that was organized by Rustin and A. Philip Randolph on May 17, 1957 that was supported by the president of the NAACP, Roy Wilkins as a way to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision that ended segregation in the public schools. Also seen at this event was the "Give ... was Rustin's first event being in the backstage role since his arrest in Pasadena in 1953 on sodomy charges that led to his firing from the Fellowship of Reconciliation and prior to his involvement in the War...
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