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Which organization did Bayard Rustin help organize?

  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference

  • American Jewish Congress

  • Crusade for Citizenship

  • AFL-CIO

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Bayard Rustin was an American civil rights activist and a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement. He helped organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and was a close advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. Rustin was a gay man and was open about his sexuality, which made him a controversial figure in the civil rights movement.
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