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RIP Julian Bond

#1 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:48 am

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
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#2 Post by Bob78164 » Wed Aug 17, 2016 8:56 am

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
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Re: RIP Julian Bond

#3 Post by BackInTex » Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:04 am

Bob78164 wrote:Fixed that for you. --Bob

I'm really getting worried about that new hat being too tight.
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Re: RIP Julian Bond

#4 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:10 am

BackInTex wrote:
Bob78164 wrote:Fixed that for you. --Bob
I'm really getting worried about that new hat being too tight.
It is, actually.
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#5 Post by Pastor Fireball » Wed Aug 17, 2016 9:40 am

He's still dead, Jim!
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Re: RIP Julian Bond

#6 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:44 pm

If you saw that on Facebook's news feed, I'm sure I'll hear about the "news" from Mrs. Spiff tonight.
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#7 Post by silverscreenselect » Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:56 pm

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
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Re: RIP Julian Bond

#8 Post by Estonut » Thu Aug 18, 2016 6:38 am

So was he 76 when he died this year?

You'd think someone would do a little verification after doing this so many times...
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