Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015) was an American social activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement, politician, professor and writer. While a student at Morehou...
The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was middle-class and fairly militant for the time and place. Julian Bond
The president of the branch in Atlanta was a pastor of a church, the Reverend Sam Williams, a wonderful guy. He was middle-class and fairly militant for the time and place.
Griffin Bell later apologized to me for that decision. Julian Bond
Griffin Bell later apologized to me for that decision.
I've appeared on a weekly syndicated television show since 1980. Julian Bond
I've appeared on a weekly syndicated television show since 1980.
As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge. Julian Bond
As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge.
And I've tried to give us a higher profile. Typically, at a board meeting, we'd pass resolutions about the civil-rights issue of the day, but we'd never tell anyone. So I've instituted a policy of announcing our resolutions at the end of our meetings. Julian Bond
And I've tried to give us a higher profile. Typically, at a board meeting, we'd pass resolutions about the civil-rights issue of the day, but we'd never tell anyone. So I've instituted a policy of announcing our resolutions at the end of our meetings.
Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action. Julian Bond
Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action.
Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education. Julian Bond
Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.
Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person. Julian Bond
Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person.
Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else. Julian Bond
Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else.
Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service. Julian Bond
Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service.
I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away. Julian Bond
I do think that some of us began to realize that this was going to be a long struggle that was going to go on for decades, and you'd have to knuckle down. A lot of people in our generation did that. They didn't drop out and run away.
I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years. Julian Bond
I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years.
