Race Man

"Julian Bond's Race Man anthology offers a uniquely perceptive and cogent overview of the African-American freedom struggle during its heyday in the 1960s and the perilous decades that have followed."—Clayborne Carson, Director, The Martin Luther King Jr Research and Education Institute, Stanford University

"The fight for civil rights has had many heroes, but, as these pages make clear, few have loomed as large as Julian Bond. Future generations will know Julian Bond as a warrior for good who helped conquer hate in the name of love. More importantly, they will live in a world that is far more just and far more equal because of him."—Chad Griffin, former President of the Human Rights Campaign

"Bond was well aware of the Second Reconstruction being recreated in America, and the legal push to undo all of Johnson's civil rights legislation. He would have despaired at Trump's election and the way the courts are being packed with fellow travelers, chipping away at civil rights protections. Handing victory after victory to people on the side of the powerful and greedy. He also would have found ways to organize. This enormous-hearted, unflinching book gives readers a vision of how that can be done."—John Freeman, Lit Hub Executive Editor, LitHub’s "Most Anticipated Books of 2020"

"As the nation confronts another period of ethnic and racial backlash and upheaval, Michael G. Long has edited a wonderful collection of Bond’s own words in Race Man: Selected Works, 1960-2015. . . . Bond’s life of activism and service, including his work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), his time in the Georgia legislature, and his long involvement with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the NAACP, offers a powerful example of servant leadership that could serve as a roadmap for Americans today. . . . Long has carefully arranged and compiled writings which demonstrate how Bond evolved on critical social issues. Nowhere is this more pronounced than in Bond's support of equal rights for members of the LGBTQ community."—Daryl Carter, Chapter 16

"The San Francisco publishing house that produced books by Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn and Jack Kerouac gives us this complete collection of writings by the late Julian Bond. A compilation of speeches, interviews and articles for publications such as Ebony and The Washington Post, the book spans the Georgia congressman's career as a civil and human rights leader from his undergraduate days at Morehouse College, where he was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, until the end of his life, when he championed gay marriage. Topics include his opposition to Jimmy Carter and Clarence Thomas, the bitter end to his friendship with John Lewis, and homophobia among African Americans."—Atlanta Journal Constitution’s “10 Southern Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2020”

"The truly inspiring and illuminating book by the late famous Civil Rights leader and social activist Julian Bond. It's his collection of letters and essays that everyone in 2020 should read."—You Beauty’s “15 Books to Watch Out for in 2020”