How The Civil Rights Movement Went Left: Episode 5

Dr. King is admired for speaking out against the Vietnam War but he probably shouldn't have. Bayard Rustin wanted civil rights leaders to stay focused on urgent domestic priorities like poverty and jobs; he had a point. Black leaders today are still pursuing political issues based on a faulty calculus and that has consequences. 

 

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