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GoLeft TV

(3,910 posts)
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 02:05 PM Aug 2015

Remembering A Civil Rights Hero: Julian Bond, 1940 - 2015

Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died last week in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, after an undisclosed brief illness.

Bond was one of the well recognized symbols and icons of the 1960s civil rights movement. As a Morehouse College student, Bond helped found the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee on April 17, 1960; and traveled throughout Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas from 1961 – 1966 helping to organize civil rights and voter registration drives.

Ring of Fire’s Sam Seder and Farron Cousins discuss his legacy.

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Remembering A Civil Rights Hero: Julian Bond, 1940 - 2015 (Original Post) GoLeft TV Aug 2015 OP
A great man for sure. iandhr Aug 2015 #1
Julian Bond was a good man. jalan48 Aug 2015 #2
RIP Mr Bond and thank you azurnoir Aug 2015 #3
So much respect thebighobgoblin Aug 2015 #4

iandhr

(6,852 posts)
1. A great man for sure.
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 02:28 PM
Aug 2015

Some might not know this but when he was in the Georgia Senate he ran for congress. But he lost to John Lewis.

 

thebighobgoblin

(179 posts)
4. So much respect
Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:33 PM
Aug 2015

for guys like this.

I admit it: I sometimes have biased views, but then I am reminded of people like Mr. Bond and all the shit they had to endure. Just an amazing guy.

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