Tao Te Ching
Julian Bond
1940 – 2015 CE
Courageous civil rights leader
Social activist, professor, politician, and leader of the civil rights movement, Julian Bond helped create SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), the Southern Poverty Law Center, and became a 12-year chairman of the NAACP. He served 20 years in the Georgia legislature and 22 years as a University of Virginia professor. A strong and effective supporter of civil, women's, and gay rights, he received the National Freedom Award, the National Leadership Award, the Spingarn Medal, and 25 honorary degrees.
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Quotes by Julian Bond (8 quotes)
“a relic of America’s shameful past who had long overstayed his welcome... [His legacy is] durability and opposition to civil rights”
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“As legal slavery passed, we [black people in the US] entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge.”
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“If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not to be married in your church, don’t tell them they can’t be married at city hall. Marriage is a civil rite as well as a civil right, and we can’t let religious bigotry close the door to justice to anyone.”
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“...leadership can come from anywhere. You don’t have to be a certain type of person or have a certain type of education to be a leader. You just have to be willing to throw yourself into the fight. That’s all it takes.”
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“Good things don’t come to those who wait. They come to those who agitate!”
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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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“Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years worth of education.”
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