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 First Amendment means everything to me. Julian Bond
The First Amendment means everything to me.
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 tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work. Julian Bond
I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work.
But even at the height of these scandals, even at the time when our finances were at their worst, the NAACP branches - the grassroots - kept plugging away. They kept doing what they do, and they do it well. Julian Bond
But even at the height of these scandals, even at the time when our finances were at their worst, the NAACP branches - the grassroots - kept plugging away. They kept doing what they do, and they do it well.
As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas. Julian Bond
As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas.
You know, I come from six generations of college graduates. Julian Bond
You know, I come from six generations of college graduates.
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.
I've appeared on a weekly syndicated television show since 1980. Julian Bond
I've appeared on a weekly syndicated television show since 1980.
I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years. Julian Bond
I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years.
I want to step up our voter-registration activities. Not every branch does it, and not all the time. I want them to go back and get out the vote because I want us to have a big impact on the Congressional elections this year. Julian Bond
I want to step up our voter-registration activities. Not every branch does it, and not all the time. I want them to go back and get out the vote because I want us to have a big impact on the Congressional elections this year.
Griffin Bell later apologized to me for that decision. Julian Bond
Griffin Bell later apologized to me for that decision.
I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia. Julian Bond
I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia.