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RIP Julian Bond
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:48 am
by Bob Juch
While still in his 20s, Julian Bond was already one of the most charismatic and best-known figures of the civil rights movement. Tall, strikingly handsome and a gifted orator, he won a Supreme Court challenge in 1966 to be seated in the Georgia state legislature, and he remained an outspoken voice against discrimination for more than 50 years as president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, chairman of the NAACP and a professor at American University and the University of Virginia.
Mr. Bond died Aug. 15 at a hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., at age 75.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... story.html
Re: RIP Julian Bond
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 8:56 am
by Bob78164
Bob Juch wrote:While still in his 20s, Julian Bond was already one of the most charismatic and best-known figures of the civil rights movement. Tall, strikingly handsome and a gifted orator, he won a Supreme Court challenge in 1966 to be seated in the Georgia state legislature, and he remained an outspoken voice against discrimination for more than 50 years as president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, chairman of the NAACP and a professor at American University and the University of Virginia.
Mr. Bond died Aug. 15, 2015, at a hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., at age 75.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... story.html
Fixed that for you. --Bob
Re: RIP Julian Bond
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:04 am
by BackInTex
Bob78164 wrote:Fixed that for you. --Bob
I'm really getting worried about that new hat being too tight.
Re: RIP Julian Bond
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:10 am
by Bob Juch
BackInTex wrote:Bob78164 wrote:Fixed that for you. --Bob
I'm really getting worried about that new hat being too tight.
It is, actually.
Re: RIP Julian Bond
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:40 am
by Pastor Fireball
He's still dead, Jim!
Re: RIP Julian Bond
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:44 pm
by SpacemanSpiff
If you saw that on Facebook's news feed, I'm sure I'll hear about the "news" from Mrs. Spiff tonight.
Re: RIP Julian Bond
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:56 pm
by silverscreenselect
Bob78164 wrote:Bob Juch wrote:While still in his 20s, Julian Bond was already one of the most charismatic and best-known figures of the civil rights movement. Tall, strikingly handsome and a gifted orator, he won a Supreme Court challenge in 1966 to be seated in the Georgia state legislature, and he remained an outspoken voice against discrimination for more than 50 years as president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, chairman of the NAACP and a professor at American University and the University of Virginia.
Mr. Bond died Aug. 15, 2015, at a hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., at age 75.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... story.html
Fixed that for you. --Bob
I wonder how Leslie Nielsen, Jean Stapleton and Francisco Franco are doing?
Re: RIP Julian Bond
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2016 6:38 am
by Estonut
So was he 76 when he died this year?
You'd think someone would do a little verification after doing this so many times...