Word: rustin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reactionary critics but (2) that the welfare state, in its present form, is too constricted to address adequately the demands of a truly humane civilization. As for my reported call for "revolutionary" change, I mentioned the word revolutionary in the context of quoting the following statement by Bayard Rustin: "The Negro's struggle for equality in America is essentially revolutionary. While most negroes...unquestionably seek only to enjoy the fruits of American society as it now exists, their quest cannot objectively be satisfied within the framework of existing political and economic relations...
...hear when Louis Farrakhan predicts race war by 1986," said Senator Edward Kennedy in an eloquent speech a fortnight ago on the dangerous rifts that have come between Jews and blacks. "Such conduct can never be condoned and it must be unequivocally condemned." Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin called on Jackson to repudiate Farrakhan. George McGovern last week asked how Jackson could "swallow a self-evident anti-Semitic bigot and life-threatening bully such as Louis Farrakhan...
...Journal, which said it does not believe that any other reporter leaked information, has been cooperating fully. Two weeks ago, Managing Editor Norman Pearlstine and Richard Rustin, Winans' supervisor, testified before investigators in Washington. The newspaper, however, found itself in the unusual position of urging staff members not to discuss the case with the press...
Others disagree. Officials of the National Urban League, one of the eight sponsors of the 1963 march, declined to join in this time, saying they feared that its "focus on a broad range of issues is likely to limit its impact." Bayard Rustin, stage manager of the original event, was another prominent no-show in 1983. Some Jewish organizations, angered by language in an early version of a march manifesto implying disapproval of the level of U.S. arms shipments to Israel, also decided to withhold support. In the end, however, the offending passages were toned down...
...Bayard Rustin, civil rights leader--Doctor of Laws...