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...campaign could have demanded such conciliatory measures, then taken credit for them when they came. But it did not, scorning Bayard Rustin's earlier list of reasonable, attainable goals. Instead, the Southern Christian Leadership Council's inner circle running the campaign demanded drastic change in America's economic system, including blanket income guarantees to the poor. No such metamorphosis in the welfare system could occur without long, acrimonious debate. To the end, S.C.L.C. leaders refused to demand anything the Government could give under present circumstances. Instead, they snapped at any outstretched Administration hand. By week...
...Bayard Rustin, invited by Abernathy to make order of the chaos surrounding the upcoming mass march June 19, took his task seriously and responsibly, setting out to organize a peaceful demonstration and asking the support of all "Americans of good will." When he followed by issuing a manifesto of reasoned, possibly attainable goals, his measured moderation proved too much for the conflict-ridden Abernathy inner circle...
...Bayard Rustin, LL.D., civil rights leader...
Sterling Tucker, director of the Washington Urban League, agreed yesterday to succeed Bayard Rustin as the leader of the Poor People's Campaign's June 19 solidarity march. Tucker hopes to bring hundreds of thousands of people to Washington to demonstrate in support of the poor...
Blue-Sky Manifesto. The week was not, however, a total loss. In New York, Organizer Bayard Rustin skillfully set about mobilizing marchers and money for the massive June 19th demonstration that is intended to highlight the demands of the poor; to ensure order, Rustin is arranging for nearly 1,500 black New York City policemen (known as "the Guardians") and firemen ("the Vulcans") to serve as marshals in Washington on the big day. On Capitol Hill, Abernathy and 20 sympathetic Congressmen agreed to set up six subcommittees that will seek legislation to aid the poverty-stricken. Among the measures that...