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What position did Rustin hold in the AFL-CIO's A. Philip Randolph Institute?

  • Vice President

  • Head

  • Secretary

  • Consultant

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Bayard Rustin was the head of the AFL-CIO's A. Philip Randolph Institute, a position he held for over a decade. The institute was founded in 1965 to promote labor unionism among African Americans and to work for civil rights. Rustin was a leading figure in the civil rights movement, and he was instrumental in organizing the March on Washington in 1963.
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