To Julian Bond from Johnny Green, 22 June 1969

6-22-69

Dear Mr. Bond,

Its a great pleasure to write to you. I have wanted to before now but havent found the time. Congratulation to you. As an important figure in our eyes there is so much you can do to influnece our race of people. Too many of our people are running north from the south instead of staying there and fighting for what is right. There are many many problems here and for them to come north only make the problems here harder to work with. I am a young teenager and I know we have problems north here. I was born here and have lived here all my life. Also education is the key to success. We will gain respect for our people if we encourage them to stay in school and those who are out get back into school. When all this is accomplished then

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we will gain respect.

It has been a pleasure writing to you.

Sincerely,

Johnny Green