In this letter, Bayard Rustin corrects the record on his stance toward the Vietnam War and his advice to Dr. King, emphasizing that his disagreement was strategic, not ideological. Drawing on hard-earned movement experience, Rustin argues that keeping the civil rights and peace movements distinct was essential to protecting their political strength and effectiveness.
SNCC and CORE Reject Protest Moratorium at New York Strategy Meeting
This report covers a New York gathering of leading civil rights figures—including Bayard Rustin, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, James Farmer, and John Lewis—where SNCC and CORE declined to endorse a proposed moratorium on demonstrations until after the upcoming November election, signaling a split over tactics between direct-action proponents and calls for strategic pause.
