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Poor People's Campaign splits widen over Rustin role
Leaders of the Poor People's March dissociate from Bayard Rustin's aims, creating a split with Austin who urged a five point agenda on jobs housing welfare education and farm employment. Abernathy and Williams denounce the statement as unauthorized and incomplete.
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