Julian Bond, Former N.A.A.C.P. Chairman and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 75
Julian Bond, a charismatic figure of the 1960s civil rights movement, a lightning rod of the anti-Vietnam War campaign and a lifelong champion of equal rights for minorities, notably as chairman of the N.A.A.C.P., died on Saturday night in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. He was 75.
Locked away in a forgotten vault somewhere is the funniest Q&A session he ever did, in the 1970s on the Stanley Siegel Show, out of WABC-TV Channel 7 in NYC.
He did good.
He will be missed.
Rest in peace.
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a great leader has passed, and believe it or not most young black and other minority people he fought for took advantage of the chance we were given. you never see the racist ones speak of the accomplishments that black men have made, example the black race went from slavery to the white house in about 150 years and all the black mayors and other government officials, students in top colleges, black business, they all got to where they are through skill and hard