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JULIAN BOND Representative, District 111 162 Eurahlee Street, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30314
COMMITTEES
EDUCATION Transportation INSURANCE Surety & Title STATE INSTITUTIONS & PROPERTY
[Image]: inner circle: Three pillars supporting an arch, underneath which stands a soldier with musket and bayonet. The text on the arch reads: CONSTITUTION, while the banners wrapped around the pillars read, left to right: WISDOM, JUSTICE, MODERATION. Outer circle: STATE OF GEORGIA 1776
The House of Representatives Atlanta, Georgia
October, 1968
Dear Georgia Loyal National Democrat,
That is quite a mouthful, but you are a member of a group . . . the Georgia Loyal National Democrats . . . who made a lot of people eat their own words.
I just want to take this method to thank each of you. The convention has been over for some time. The sound and the fury of Chicago is dying, and for most people, will soon be forgotten.
But I don't think that any of us will ever forget that we represented the best of Georgia in Chicago, that we fought a long hard battle for what we believe in and we very nearly completely won it.
We haven't changed the Democratic Party of Georgia, as some of the regulars seem to think we have. It still remains in the hands of the same old courthouse crowd as before.
What we have done is shown that ordinary people . . . housewives, a lot of ministers, students and workers, rich and poor, black and white . . . can work together in a just cause.
We hope all of us can get together soon to discuss our future as a group. I would hope we can begin to build a statewide political movement in Georgia, a group that is not "Democratic" or "Republican" but simply democratic . . . open enough to give a political voice to people in Georgia who have been rejected by the politics of the South.
If we can do that, then we will be a lot closer to saying "We Have Overcome".
Sincerely, [signed] Julian Bond Julian Bond