1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
... handed down one year earlier that allowed for desegregation of interstate travel, but the South did not recognize that decision, so the protesters were arrested and sentenced to time on a chain gang all over the South, including Rustin for 30 days in North Carolina. Another contribution that Rustin had ... was the "Give Us The Ballot" Speech given by Dr. King that called for voting rights for African-Americans as well as a message from Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr, who would soon turn against Rustin months after, asking him not to embarrass the President of the United States ... ...
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