He helped organize the "Journey of Reconciliation" in 1947 through his association with the Congress of Racial Equality, which he founded along with James Farmer and George Houser.
John D'Emilio described this man's life in the first chapter of The World Turned, and wrote a biography about him titled Lost Prophet. This man argued for a "coalition of progressive forces" to combat economic injustice in his essay about "the future of the civil rights movement," "From Protest to Politics." He helped organize the "Journey of Reconciliation" in 1947 through his association with the Congress of Racial Equality, which he founded along with James Farmer and George Houser. This man was fired from the Fellowship of Reconciliation after being jailed for violating a Pasadena lewdness law, and helped plan a proposed 1941 march along with A. Philip Randolph. For fifteen points, identify this gay Civil Rights leader, who organized the 1963 March on Washington.
John D'Emilio described this man's life in the first chapter of The World Turned, and wrote a biography about him titled Lost Prophet.
{Bayard Rustin}