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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.
Julian Bond
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Julian Bond
Age: 75 †
Born: 1940
Born: January 14
Died: 2015
Died: August 15
American Politician
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The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.
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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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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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The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute.
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I've appeared on a weekly syndicated television show since 1980
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Any time someone carries a picket sign in front of the White House, that is the First Amendment in action
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I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia
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We know that if whites and nonwhites vote in the same percentages as they did in 2000, Bush will be re-defeated by 3 million votes.
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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.
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You must place interest in principle above interest on principal.
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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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