RIP Julian Bond

Big Circus · Aug 16, 2015

A titan of the civil rights movement and, later in his life, a wonderful professor. I count myself lucky to have crossed paths with him.

Longtime Civil-Rights Activist Julian Bond Dies at 75

BadgerBeer · Aug 16, 2015

I have since learned of his role in the civil rights movement but as a kid I knew him from hosting SNL in the early years. RIP

georgealfano · Aug 16, 2015

I remember him from the 1968 Democratic Convention. I think somebody tried to nominate him for Vice-President even though he was about seven years too young to be eligible. He had a dignity about him although he could be humorous as in the SNL entry. That was an example of Bond's ability to reach different types of people.

dixiehack · Aug 16, 2015

My Wikipedia education for the day. Wow.

Bond ran for the United States House of Representatives from Georgia's 5th congressional districtin 1986. He lost the Democratic nomination in a runoff to rival civil rights leader John Lewis in a bitter contest,[29] during which Bond was accused of using cocaine and other drugs.[30] During the campaign, Lewis challenged Bond to take a drug test (Lewis had said he took one and passed). Bond refused, saying the drug test was akin to McCarthyism and trivializes the issue of drugs.[31] While Bond had raised twice as much money as Lewis and had a larger national reputation, Lewis cast himself as the man on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement and ran up large margins over Bond among white liberals in Atlanta.[32] As the district had a huge Democratic majority, the nomination delivered the seat to Lewis, who still serves in Congress. Still dogged by allegations of drug use, Bond resigned from the Georgia Senate the following year.[33][34] Bond's estranged wife, who publicly accused him of using cocaine, later retracted her statements.[28]
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Songbird · Apr 12, 2021

Stumbled upon the Buckley episode with Bond and John Lewis.

Bond was Obama before Obama but without the knowing professorial tone.

That's not a dig at Obama but I could listen to Bond talk all day.

This quote stuck out:

"If I am a prophet of doom, as they think I am, then they are a little too much on the other side, and I can't help but think their optimism is a little more dangerous than my pessimism."

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