A brilliant Civil Rights strategist and activist, Bayard Rustin is a name essential to black history. Rustin was known for his instrumental help organizing the March on Washington as well as spreading non-violent ideology of civil disobedience. In 1948, Rustin gave a speech called “Jim Crow Army”, arguing that black men should refuse to serve […]
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