... Clayton Powell, Jr, who would soon turn against Rustin months after, asking him not to embarrass the President of the United States at the time, Dwight Eisenhower, so the non-violent march was changed to a prayer event7. At this time, this 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 ... when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus in 1955 that led to a US Supreme Court case Browder v. Gayle in 1956 that made the segregation of buses unconstitutional uner the 14th Amendment o...

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