Word: bond
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...member of the Georgia House of Representatives, Bond struggled to get black voting districts recognized by Congress...
...would be foolish to assume that three decades since the Civil Rights movement have lifted white supremacy from any aspect of American life", Bond said...
Although many critics have called black voting districts racial gerrymandering, Bond contended that they are necessary for fair representation...
With that belief, Bond reached back to 1965, when, as an activist with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), he first began to struggle for "the just spoils of a virtuous and victorious war [the Civil Rights movement]", majority black voting districts and affirmative action...
...Before majority black districts were created, no state in the South had elected a black candidate in the 20th century", Bond said...