1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
... 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 was content with his status as ... an extension of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s in which he became active in the gay community to amend the New York City law that banned homosexuality and at the same time,...
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- Grade Level: Graduate