"We believed we could change the world," said Julian Bond of his activism. Bond has been on the cutting edge of social change ever since. As a college student in Atlanta, Bond helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to organize sit-ins against segregation and to register all blacks in the South to vote. Today, as chairman of the board of the NAACP, Bond wants the organization to be the most powerful advocacy group in America. Drawing from extensive personal interviews, Denise M. Jordan reveals a ...
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"We believed we could change the world," said Julian Bond of his activism. Bond has been on the cutting edge of social change ever since. As a college student in Atlanta, Bond helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to organize sit-ins against segregation and to register all blacks in the South to vote. Today, as chairman of the board of the NAACP, Bond wants the organization to be the most powerful advocacy group in America. Drawing from extensive personal interviews, Denise M. Jordan reveals a man of grit and determination whose story is filled with the crises and controversies of the civil rights movement.
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