
Dreams, Creatures, and Visions
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Bayard Rustin's Conversion to Non-Violence
Bayard Rustin traveled around the US, spreading the message of non-violence. He believed Gandhi had torn down an empire and changed the nation with little more than words and peaceful protest. In 1956 he joined forces with a rising star in the civil rights movement: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The day that we started a bus protest with literally electrified the nation.
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