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.
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.
The First Amendment means everything to me. Julian Bond
The First Amendment means everything to me.
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.
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.
Griffin Bell later apologized to me for that decision. Julian Bond
Griffin Bell later apologized to me for that decision.
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.
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.
You know, I come from six generations of college graduates. Julian Bond
You know, I come from six generations of college graduates.
"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."
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 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.
