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The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute.
Julian Bond
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Julian Bond
Age: 75 †
Born: 1940
Born: January 14
Died: 2015
Died: August 15
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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.
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I don't think of myself as a Negro. I'm a Southerner. I just like the Southern way of life.
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The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.
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It takes people who have a widespread series of experiences to develop future leaders. It takes people who aren't afraid to challenge and move forward.
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Black reporters are as capable of racism as anyone else.
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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.
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Unlike mainstream civil rights groups, which merely sought integration of blacks into the existing order, SNCC sought structural changes in American society itself.
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What we mean by integration is not to be with them (whites) but to have what they have.
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The Republican Party would have the American flag and the swastika flying side by side.
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You must place interest in principle above interest on principal.
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