1. Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement
Board of Education of Topeka decision that ended segregation in the public schools. ... King had begun preparations to create the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. ... After the March on Washington, Rustin had turned his focus to the 1968 New York City 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. ... With one of his proteges, Tom Kahn, Rustin wrote an article ...
- Word Count: 1949
- Approx Pages: 8
- Grade Level: Graduate