"The principle of nonviolent direct action is the strategy by which oppressed people can achieve change. We do not believe in the perpetual second-class citizenship of American Negroes. The world cannot be free until colonialism, segregation, and exploitation are ended. Through study, struggle, and discipline our movement will pull down the walls." — Bayard Rustin, 1957
Rustin's primary contribution to the civil rights movement was
- A
Editing the Pittsburgh Courier
- B
Founding the Black Panther Party
- C
Leading the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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Strategic and tactical organizing of nonviolent campaigns
Explanation
Rustin trained MLK in Gandhian nonviolence, organized the 1963 March on Washington, and shaped strategy across the movement.