Editing Bayard Rustin (section)

=== Criticisms ===
Rustin was at the forefront of the freedom struggle for African Americans but parted ways from the activists in 1968. He was considered an “[[Uncle Tom]]” by some as he started to fight for equality for all and not just blacks. An incident in the summer of 1964 in which a police officer killed a black child led to violence. “When he urged blacks to resist with non-violence, they spat at him and shot back “Uncle Tom! Uncle Tom!”. Rustin’s views of the protest were to “urge them not to behave with desperation but politically and rationally.” He would later switch from radicalism to a truly collaborative approach. Rustin wanted blacks to align themselves with whites to see progression.<ref>{{Citation |last=Perlstein |first=Daniel |title=The Dead End of Despair |date=2011-04-15 |work=Civil Rights in New York City |pages=118–140 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt13wzxr4.10 |access-date=2024-04-17 |publisher=Fordham University Press |doi=10.2307/j.ctt13wzxr4.10 |isbn=978-0-8232-3746-3}}</ref>