This column examines Bayard Rustin's response to the national debate over court-ordered school desegregation busing, arguing that efforts to restrict busing threatened decades of civil rights progress. While recognizing the controversy surrounding the issue, Rustin warns that weakening federal desegregation efforts could embolden broader attacks on equal rights and urges continued support for integrated education.
Non-Violence vs. Jim Crow (Parts I and II)
In these two reports published in Fellowship magazine, Bayard Rustin recounts his experiences confronting racial segregation through nonviolent direct action in the American South and Mid-Atlantic. From refusing segregated bus seating to challenging discriminatory beach and taxi practices, Rustin illustrates how disciplined noncooperation could expose injustice and challenge Jim Crow.
