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...
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.
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.
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.
The war in Iraq has as much to do with terrorism as the administration has to do with compassion. Julian Bond
The war in Iraq has as much to do with terrorism as the administration has to do with compassion.
Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else. Julian Bond
Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else.
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.
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.
There is a thin line between politics and theatricals. Julian Bond
There is a thin line between politics and theatricals.
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.
"I would say to them 'Talk to a woman'. Reach over to the woman sitting next to you and ask her what you can do to help her in this situation." Julian Bond
"I would say to them 'Talk to a woman'. Reach over to the woman sitting next to you and ask her what you can do to help her in this situation."
"The truth may hurt, but it's the truth." Julian Bond
"The truth may hurt, but it's the truth."