Oral history transcript, Bayard Rustin, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by T.H. Baker

Title:

Oral history transcript, Bayard Rustin, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by T.H. Baker

Number of Pages:

38

Description:

Civil Rights Bill of 1957; meeting LBJ while LBJ worked with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; organizing the 1963 March on Washington; Rustin’s relationship with Mr. A. Philip Randolph; how Rustin’s contact with LBJ grew following the JFK assassination; Civil Rights Bill of 1964; campaigning for LBJ in 1964; organization of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; introducing Martin Luther King, Jr. to the concept of non-violence; a King-Powell episode regarding Rustin; Rustin’s 'resignation'

Contributor:

Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Bayard Rustin

Subject:

Assassinations; JFK Assassination; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Voting rights

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details