Word: bonde
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tentative list of speakers includes: Michael Kelly, SWP candidate for governor of Massachusetts; Carol Lipman, SMC national secretary: Ngo Viuh Dong: Engene J. McCarthy: Julian Bond. black Georgia Democrat: and Florence Lascombe of Women's Liberation...
...Bond: We should develop greater unity in the black community. There ought to be at least a community-wide consensus of what ought to be done, politically, socially, economically and educationally. In Atlanta, we're going to have two black candidates running in the same congressional district. Two black candidates can only hurt the prospect of one's being elected...
...Bond: I tend to be pessimistic. While income for blacks has been increasing, it has not been increasing apace with income for whites. The gap is getting wider. I think that's going to continue. The physical aspects of poverty may be eliminated in the next several decades. Slum housing may disappear. Then people will find it easier to ignore poverty because it won't be an eyesore...
...Bond: We should end the war first. We should not only redirect the money (which President Nixon says won't happen) but redirect the minds that are used to plot the war. Second, Congress has to make good on its promises of almost 30 years ago that every American will live in a decent home. Third, you must guarantee full employment. You have to provide income maintenance for those who cannot earn an income. You need make-work programs. We should break the control of the unions over the skilled trades. It's ridiculous that in a city...
...that's happened in this country, we are still American citizens. Salvation for the black kids will come through education and then beating the white man at his own thing." Laura works in Operation Breadbasket's voter registration campaign. Her heroes are Martin Luther King, Julian Bond and Jesse Jackson...