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Bond: 'From Civil War to Civil Rights'
Civil Rights leader Julian Bond speaks about racism in America at Reston Community Center's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday celebration.
Civil rights leader Julian Bond says the United States has come a long way since Martin Luther King Jr. was leading the movement. However, even with Barack Obama, the nation's first black president, about to be sworn into his second term in office, it still has a long way to go. Bond, the keynote speaker at Sunday's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration at Reston Community Center, said despite the progress this country has made, there is a backlash that gets more of the attention. "Black people have struggled to find answers to a series of questions. 'Who or what is the enemy?' 'Who are our friends?' Unlike Italian or Irish Americans, African Americans remain the indigestible alternative. Unlike the others, they refuse to agree …
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DGeorge
12:45 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Tammy, you said, "But more importantly, the lack of grocery stores with decent produce in black neighborhoods certainly contributes to diet. If it isn’t available or is too expensive, one can’t eat it. Is that racism? You bet!!! " Now considering that your post is about racism, and African American illnesses are caused by racism and lack of a good diet, partly because there are no grocery stores … more ›