Plans to gather by the reflecting pool at the King Center to honor Julian Bond this Saturday at 3:00pm are now in place.
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Bond at his Washington home in 1998, after he was elected chairman of the NAACP.
Several people gathered to commemorate his life. “Selma”, produced by Paramount Pictures, Pathé and Harpo Films, opened nationwide January 9, 2015 and chronicles the 1965 Selma to Montgomery protest marches in Alabama led by a group of courageous men and women in the fight for equal voting rights. Speakers included Rev. Charles P. Lucas, Bishop Larry L. Macon and Attorney Avery Freidman.
“He was a catalyst for change on all fronts”, she said.
The tragedy of his initial election to the Georgia statehouse is that the body refused to seat him due to his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War.
A memorial ceremony was held at Waterfront Park Saturday for Civil Right icon Julian Bond.
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Bond also served in the Georgia House of Representatives and state Senate for almost 20 years. His case went all the way to the Supreme Court where he ultimately prevailed. “May he rest in eternal peace”. His widow, Pamela Horowitz, said he had circulatory problems.
