The Name’s Bond, Julian Bond
A Civil Rights Legend Assesses Past Achievements and Future Hopes
Civil rights leader Julian Bond said he views the presidency of Barack Obama as a vindication of the efforts of generations. “It means the work we’ve been doing since 1909 has been worthwhile,” Bond said, referring to the year the NAACP was founded. “We were talking about the headline in the Onion after Obama’s election, ‘Black Man Given Nation’s Worst Job,’ but it is a vindication of the work done by all these groups over all these years.”
Bond was speaking to a packed house in the Petersen Automotive Museum, with …
