From Julian Bond to Larry Horowitz, 3 June 1968

June 3, 1968

Mr. Larry Horowitz c/o Congressman John Conyers House Office Building Washington, D. C.

Dear Larry:

I am still working on that list and will have it to you in a matter of a few days.

About Payton...informed opinion seems to suggest that he will do well everywhere but Charleston.

What I'm writing about, however, is a discussion we had earlier about the possibility of a newsletter for black politicians.

As you know, the Voter Education Project publishes a monthly newsletter which goes primarily to Southerners interested in voting and politics. Because of the nature of VEP, the newsletter is nonpartisan and scrupulously avoids taking any positions that might be called political.

What I wanted to begin to consider was a regular (syay monthly), newsletter aimed at office

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holders and office seekers. My interest is the South, primarily, and I'd like to see if such a project, begun now, couldn't by 1970 have welded together Negro Southern politicians into a loose unit, capable of some sort of concerted action in the 1970 Congressional races and the 1972 Presidential race.

I think the South is ripest for this sort of stuff, primarily because there is less attachment to machines here, and politics is not yet as solidified as it is in Northern cities.

The newsletter wouldn't be mush work, I don't think. I could manage to feed Southern news to it, and the files at the Southern Regional Council could provide additional, up to date information.

At any rate, think on it, and let me know.

Sincerely,

Julian Bond

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