1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
... School Boycott that resulted in Jewish teachers being forced out and also adding to the fact that despite the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education that forced the desegregation of public facilities, the schools in New York City was still segregated racially9. After the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the subsequent 1965 Voting Rights Act, Rustin had begun to ... hopefully create an alliance of sorts between the Civil Rights movement and the Democratic Party and those of the working class. With one of his proteges ... which he made significant contributions to bot...
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