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Related: About this forumRemembering 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 Fires Sam Seder and Farron Cousins discuss his legacy.
iandhr
(6,852 posts)Some might not know this but when he was in the Georgia Senate he ran for congress. But he lost to John Lewis.
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(13,797 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)thebighobgoblin
(179 posts)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.