Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin was a leading organizer and activist for the civil-rights and peace movements. He was a close adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. and one of the main organizers for the 1963 March on Washington.

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How the Civil-Rights Movement Aimed to End Poverty

“A Freedom Budget for All Americans” proposed spending billions of federal dollars to provide jobs and basic welfare to all citizens.
- A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin
- KING Issue
Are Blacks Better Off Today?
- Bayard Rustin
- October 1984 Issue