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One of the Tallest Trees in our Forest: Bayard Rustin
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�Rustin�s steadfast opposition to identity politics also came under criticism by exponents of the developing Black Power movement. His critical stance toward affirmative action programs and black studies departments in American universities was not a popular viewpoint among many of his fellow Afro-Americans, and as at various other times of his life Rustin found himself…
March 22, 2012 1 min read Free to read
�Rustin�s steadfast opposition to identity politics also came under criticism by exponents of the developing Black Power movement. His critical stance toward affirmative action programs and black studies departments in American universities was not a popular viewpoint among many of his fellow Afro-Americans, and as at various other times of his life Rustin found himself to a certain extent isolated, � Buzz Haughton wrote in his article � Bayard Rustin Civil Rights Leader,� in the Fall 1999 issue of Quaker Studies.
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