i asked julian bond to talk about how joined the naacp. >> i join the naacp when i was in college, at college in atlanta, and was frantically active with it for a number of years after that. and then after the collapse of the student nonviolent coordinator committee, i became president of the atlanta branch, eventually was elected to the oard of directors. in 11 years ago, was electe" the naacp chairman. and i will be stepping down from that in february of next year. amy: are you a student of dr. king in his class? >> i am actually one of the few people -- six people in the whole world who honestly can say, i was a student of martin luther king's. utah one time, one class at morehouse college. i believe there were six spellman. there were six or eight of us in the class. we're the only people who can say, "i was a student of dr. king's." amy: what do you remember of that class? >> i remember was a philosophy highest the decoder top with a man who taught him philosophy as a student at morehouse college. i remember we did not talk about philosophy much, but he reminisced about the montg

naacp yesterday but it looks more like naacp than south-central. more like or the county than south-central. angeore like or county than south-central. why is it only people of color were condemned in that way? -- who are condemned in that way. [applause] warren olney: why is it? julian bond: some people find it objective when people of color band together in their own interests. that is thought to be hostile to the american dream. but they do not think the same thing about white people coming together for their own interest and that is because they do not think what people can do any wrong in that regard. warren olney: tell me about president obama, there was a story in the "new york times" or maybe it was hillary clinton, i forget. interviews with people involved in the civil rights movement and others who were younger and were holding office, the mayor of philadelphia and other african-american officeholders. and the question was, do we have to vote for this guy because he is black? do we have to support him because he is black? what do you thin

the naacp discussing bond's death on twitter this morning saying the naacp mourns the passing of chairman julian bond, sif rights titan and our -- civil rights titan and our brother. may he rest in eternal peace. bond died last night in florida. he leaves behind his wife and five children. we're live in midtown, kristin thorne, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> vice president joe biden drew upon the recent loss of his son to brain cancer as he paid tribute yesterday to the five service men who were gunned down in chattanooga. >> there's nothing at this moment that can fill that deep, black hole, that open wound of losing your son, your husband, your brother, your father. nothing can replace the son who as he walked away, turned and life. >> heartfelt. at a memorial service that happened in chattanooga. he also called last month's rampage the act of a perverted his remarks contrasted with those of investigators who say they have not yet been able to determine whether or not the gunman was radicalized. >>> at least 40 people died after being trapped in the hull of a boat that was

the south, specially, which prevented segregated facilities in all sectors of public life, so the naacpas attempting to overturn that and they knew they could try to do that case, and they began to file cases to begin to chip away at that precedent, and the strategy was to do this in law schools and graduate schools and work down to college and then worked down to elementary schools. brownown v. eduction, the -- name tost list appear on the list. there were also local activists who recruited 13 parents. one of them was oliver brown, and then there were 12 others, and all of those had children who attended one of those who attended the four african-american elementary schools, like the one where we are now, so arthur brown was a friend of one of the lawyers who was the local counsel for the case. , and named charles bledsoe they were recruiting people in the community who they thought would be good, upstanding citizens who they thought would want to participate in the case, so oliver brown is one of those. accidental who is whose name is a true did, so oliver brown's name is there, altho

the naacp was attempting to overturn the president.hey could try to do it in one case, but if they lost, that would the end of their tents. beginning in the 1930's, they began to file cases to chip away at that president. the strategy was to and segregation in law schools and graduate schools and worked on to college and then down to elementary schools. roundly board of education, the name brown is the first name to appear out of the list of plaintiffs. in kansas, the local chapter of the naacp, lawyers and also local activists, recruited 13 parents, and one of them was oliver brown, and it were 12 other mothers, and all 13 of those parents had children that attended one of the four african-american elementary schools in topeka, one of them being monroe. oliver brown was a friend of one of the lawyers. the lawyers recruited people they knew in the community that they thought would be upstanding citizens that would want to participate in this case. oliver brown was just one of those 13 volunteers, and as historians have noted, it is oft

he decides to resign from the naacp and go back to teaching at howard. he convinced them to have thurgood the his replacement. at that time, the irs was starting to get on the naacp about fundraising, because they did lobbying and they also did legal work. they created a separate legal arm, a separate legal institution, the legal education -- legal institution education fund incorporated. thurgood was named its head. in addition to the connection to the enough -- naacp, he was running his own civil rights law firm. granted, it only had three lawyers at the time and a couple of assistants. ,ut they carried on this fight this consistent step-by-step campaign to find cases and bring up the logical and eagle inconsistencies of segregation to the justices -- and legal inconsistencies of segregation to the justices of the supreme court will stop -- the supreme court. so that inrsus -- round versus board of education they won the victory. now, or within the next three years or five years. what he got was desegregate with all deliberate speed. asked, whate was d

, and these two men essentially start a new naacp. so i was interested in indigenous leadership, the extent to which local mississippians took advantage of their own social change operations. as a political scientist, had studied social movements and was interested in that, how individuals and groups in community got hold of a contention and built a mean of bringing social change in a community. aaron henry was a particularly interested in something he called the accomplishment of regularity for african-americans, and built a comprehensive kind of vision that had politics in it, economics,, social psychological dimensions, and he was an entrepreneur, he had grownup a family of entrepreneurs. he was a pharmacist. and in the life of this man, he embodied all of the things that struck me as important dimensions of an indigenous mississippi leader. >> thank you. dennis mitchell. >> well, i wrote the new history briefly for two reasons. one, i wanted to set the record straight. it's called the new history because it is so different from th

and as chairman of the naacp, that was his point of view to us -- to do the work. and i'm saying to those who are left, those of us who are left, and the younger generation, the millennium group that is coming on, work. that's how we honor julian bond. be committed to change the system. >> and i also just want to remind people, you know -- and i think a lot of people would not say it is an overstatement to say he was one of those men, giants masquerading as men walking around during the civil right's movement. i mean, he walked beside john lewis. >> absolutely. with dr. king. >> with dr. king. >> yes. >> and those are relationships -- >> and roy wilkins. >> and roy wilkins. >> all of these people that he worked with, you know, not just walked with them. he worked with them to change things. and it think that we owe a great debt of gratitude to his family for giving us such a person. >> did he ever reflect on having worked with these great men and talk about -- >> oh, absolutely. you know, he was a history buff. >> mm-hmm. >> julian was a history buff. absolutely. i

the south, specially, which prevented segregated facilities in all sectors of public life, so the naacpas attempting to overturn that and they knew they could try to do that case, and they began to file cases to begin to chip away at that precedent, and the strategy was to

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i'm an alumnus of naacp.three prongs we have to bring back which is voter education, voter registration, get out the vote. i think we've got to go back and remind people why they are voting. the other part that's so necessary is that we have to mature as a people that we're not just voting for black faces if they don't have a black agenda. and i think that we've got to get beyond symbolic people to say, well, we've got a black state's attorney or black commissioner. if d.c. is chocolate city, we're fudge village. so we've got black mayor, black president, city council, black controller, black state's attorney, black police commissioner and still don't have black justice or black economic development. and so i think going into this presidential cycle, we've got to ask what it is. and you say this all of the time, i've stolen it from you and the only reason i'm giving you credit because you're here, what's the ask. and i think with with 17 people running for the republican party, i think six now for the democra

i am an alumnus of the naacp as well. we began on the three prong that we have to bring back which was voter education, voter registration, get out the vote. we have to go back and remind people why they are voting. the other part that is so necessary is that we have to mature as a people that we are not just voting for black faces if they do not have a black agenda. i think we have to get beyond symbolic people to say we have a black states attorney or a black commissioner. is d.c. is- chocolate city than we are full of village. city d.c. is chocolate then we are full of village -- f udge village. [applause] reverand jamal bryant: we still do not have black economic development. andsay this all of the time i have stolen it from you and the only reason i am giving you credit is because you are here. [laughter] reverand jamal bryant: what is the ask? 17 people running for the republican party and i think six for the democratic, what are we asking for? i think we have to be clear on what our ask is, and why the -- well the

the important part of that is the naacp was paying a close attention to his application at that pointis is a period in which the naacp is trying to integrates institutions on professionalism and on a bigger level. once he was denying the office became this vehicle to express himself fully. the secretary was responsible for organizing naacp chapters and investigating all instances of brutality and wrongdoing throughout the state. the school secretary is also responsible for making any kind of problems and send it to the national office in new york and sending it for publication as well. so the field office also went on to state speaking to individuals, encouraging encouraging them to register to vote, encouraging lawsuits, filing affidavits, showing individuals how to register and organize. so it was immense. there is a particular time in 1955 in which his responsibility at that time was to investigate what happened and try to take witnesses and try to get justice for the family. there is instances that it was something that bothered him also in 1955 there are several murders mr. mark

the civil rights leader, former head of the naacp, and passionate voice for equality. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, erica hill. >>> tonight, nearly every firefighter in this country is on call. as more than 100 large uncontained fires burn. invoking the nation's highest fire alert level, 5, is a sign of both the need and the scope of this fire season. in the west, triple-digit temperatures and drought are fueling the blazes. many of them triggered by lightning strikes. washington state has seen a rash of new fires, just since early friday, reducing dozens of homes to ashes and forcing thousands to evacuate. some making it out with barely a moment to spare. nbc's gadi schwartz is in washington for us tonight. gadi? >> reporter: well, erica, this fire is now 60,000 acres. and as it roared down that mountainside, it incinerated cars and homes alike. it is only 1% contained tonight. and for the 450 firefighters who are out here in the fire lines, it's only going to get w

the important part of that is the naacp was paying a close attention to his application at that pointis is a period in which the naacp is trying to integrates institutions on professionalism and on a bigger level. once he was denying the office became this vehicle to express himself fully. the secretary was responsible for organizing naacp chapters and investigating all instances of brutality and wrongdoing throughout the state. the school secretary is also responsible for making any kind of problems and send it to the national office in new york and sending it for publication as well. so the field office also went on to state speaking to individuals, encouraging encouraging them to register to vote, encouraging lawsuits, filing affidavits, showing individuals how to register and organize. so it was immense. there is a particular time in 1955 in which his responsibility at that time was to investigate what happened and try to take witnesses and try to get justice for the family. there is instances that it was something that bothered him also in 1955 there are several murders mr. mark

ahead of the naacp cornell william brooks, all ahead on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning welcome to "face the nation" i'm john dickerson. donald trump joins us by phone from new york. mr. trump i'd like to ask you about fox news host megyn kelly you said she was a light weight, she bombed. but have you gone too far in your suggestion that she was hormonal in her questions? >> john, obviously i never said that. i she was very angry when i interrupted her first question which was a very, i felt, unfair question. and i blurted out the name rosie o'donnell and the place went crazy. we had 5,000 people the there they went totally crazy. it really had a big impact on her questioning. i think it angered her i said, blood was essentially pouring from her eyes, blood was pouring -- then wanted to get on nose or ears, and i just said, let's just -- i said whatever. there was nothing obvious. only deviant would have thought otherwise. this guy, eric whatever his name is a loser, he -- but he has had tremendous -- he brought it up and i didn't

let's bring in cornell william brooks, the president and ceo of the naacp.ciate you taking the time to be here. we last spoke to you august 1 when your march started out from selma toward the nation's capitol. the marchers are in north augusta, south carolina 350 miles in. what have you learned about the mood of the community along the way? >> one of the things we learned is that people are stunningly amazingly optimistic about the country and about the prospects of reform. so we now actually -- we've crossed 400-mile mark. so nearly halfway there. in 104 degree heat, 114-degree heat index. extraordinarily hot and humid. what have we seen? we have seen people cheering, blowing horns, 250 marchers in rural georgia, in rural south carolina. pressioni pressing our way, to press for reform at a critical moment. so we are pushing hard under the banner our lives our votes our jobs and our schools matter. we are pushing for criminal justice reform, our communities are safer and our police officers are safer. and what i find interesting is all along the way we have

so naacp has a youth division, jamal's point is stop waiting. also mobilize and organize, and also say this and i need you you to make this as well, all you melitta lineal's need to cut out this bs with we don't have leaders. let me be real clear you cannot change a system by saying it's going to be a collective thing, even snitch had a high arc. >> my name is nicole, i am president of the young professional organization, my question is what strategies do you recommend on how we can identify corporate structures who don't have our interest and support particular politicians? >> such as? >> such as politicians that may be here tomorrow. >> who wants it. >> i can answer it,. >> i think when you look at corporate structures and how they interact with the communities maltin bowl levels. reverend sharpton was here early and talked about something significant, we support these major institutions and then you see in many cases they don't have african americans as board of directors, managers, a procurement policy where people get contracts and they don

they did not just send it to members of the naacp. they sent it to every member of woodrow wilson's cabinet, to newspaper editors all over the country and then elizabeth herself went on a speaking tour, mostly to black churches around the country. i'd own thing she ever came back to texas. probably would have been unwise. and wase story blew up featured in the newspaper and on tv in waco twice while i was doing my research before my book came out. i have to give waco credit for this. unlike many other communities that have never confronted or dealt with or act knowledged their horrible racial past, the waco city council and county commissioners did issue some sort of resolution of regret, if not apology, and a group of citizens from all walks of life came and stood on the steps of the courthouse on the 90th anniversary and read a resolution of apology. that youry strongly cannot understand the present if you don't know what happened in the past. these things cannot be forgotten. you need to acknowledge it and understand it and no what

he served as chairman of the naacp with ties to our area. and his father was the first african-american president of lincoln university. bond died last night at his home in florida after a brief illness. president obama released a statement calling him a hero and a friend. bond was 75 years old. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. >>> this weekend more than 17,000 pets across the country found new homes because of nbc's clear the shelters campaign, and today we got updated adoption numbers. a total of 1,014 animals were adopted in our area. in pennsylvania, 560 dogs and cats have new homes. in new jersey 411 pets were adopted and down in delaware, 43. > >>>. >>> it was another hot day. temperatures back into the 90s. a little warmer than yesterday. we were a little warmer today and even warmer

here on this campus, the campus of bennett college, there was a student naacp chanter. -- chapter. the naacp has always had student chanters and particularly in historically black colleges which is what this is. so, of course, we had a chanter. and the chapter had an advisor, a couple of advisors. and in the course of meeting with the advisors and the students that were members of the chapter, of course a lot of conversations took place about what can we do to make things better, do we need to be doing anything. other people are doing other things in other parts of the country, and so over a period, i suppose, more than a year, there were conversations about what we could do and it kind of boiled down to sit-ins, let's look at woolworth's, let's look and see what can be done. and so those meetings took place right here on this campus in the david jones student union. they combined bennett college and a and t fellows and the bennett college advisors and so on. so there were plans to start the sit-ins. those plans began in the fall of 1959 and somewhere along the way, they were advis

here on this campus, the campus of bennett college, there was a student naacp chanter. the naacp has always had student chanters and particularly in historically black colleges which is what this is. so, of course, we had a chanter. and the chanter had an visor, a couple of visors. and in the course of meeting with the advisorses and the students that were members of the chapter, of course a lot of conversations took place about what can we do to make things better, do we need to be doing anything. other people are doing other things in other parts of the country, and so over a period, i suppose, more than a year, there were conversations about what we could do and it kind of boiled down to sitins, let's look at woolworth's, let's look and see what can be done. and so those meetings took lace right here on this campus in the david jones student union. they combined bennett college and a and t fellows and the bennett college add virus -- advisorses and so on. so there were plans to start the sitins. those plans began in the fall of 1959 and somewhere along the way, they

in 1998 bond became the chairman of the naacp and held that position for 10 years. >> i want to make sure that the naacp's voice is heard wherever race is discussed in the country. >> bond was an out-spoken person and has left his wife and two children. >>> wine makers struggling to keep up the pace of ripening fruit. what ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> donald trump unveiled his illegal immigration policy and out lined how he will take down isis as president. brian webb with who is rising and who is falling. >> reporter: republican candidates are continuing to cam pain. a new pole shows a shake up in the ranks. -- campaign. a new poll shows a shake up in the ranks. donald trump stays at the top and jeb bush falls to 4th. tackling immigration on sunday, trump wants to build a border wall and make mexico pay for it and he laid out how to take out isis. >> i say you takeaway their wealth. knock the hell out of the oil. take back the oil. we take over the oil, we should have done that in the first place. >> hillary clinton numbers are taking a hit. falling below 50%. the candidate is still dealing w

today marks the start of an naacp sponsored march from selma selma, alabama to washington.ey for justice. organizers hope to bring attention to acts of police violence against african-americans and other issues of racial injustice across this country. cornell william brooks is the president and ceo of naacp. he joins me. good morning to you. it's good to see you. in the past few weeks we have seen the arrest the death of sandra bland in texas, samuel dubose. what goes through your mind when you learn of incidents such as these? >> when i think about both miss bland and mr. dubose i think about a series of seemingly unrelenting stream of civil rights and police misconduct tragedies. instance where routine interactions between police officers and citizens lead to tragic senseless repulsive deaths. in the midst of these we understand that there's something that can be done. we know what works. we understand the best practices, so as a consequence the naacp with this dazzlingly diverse array of partners is marching from this historic iconic bridge in selma, alabama, to washingt

amy: a lawsuit brought by the naacp? yes, the original suit was 1979 out of the carter administration and in the naacp joined it as a friend of the court. it wasn't settled completely until 2007, that's how long the litigation took for. -- took. what was proven beyond any doubt, it was upheld by eventwo reagan appointees, but it was proven that yonkers, like most amerco cities, used the federal housing money to purposefully and willfully segregate the low-income housing. these differ racial segregation. the case was proven by going back even to the minutes of the housing authority for decades, you'd hear people saying bluntly, well, don't put it anywhere else but here, we don't want blacks moving into that neighborhood or the standard, keep it -- so they built every single unit in one square mile. amy: they used federal money to further segregate the city. >> anyone who has read "the promised land" or notably, recently, ta-nehisi coates reparations piece in "the atlantic," the case is definitive that -- just definitive t

consequence of young people's demands within the naacp.g we need to lay hold of and claim this tradition of young activists acting as -- >> you have all these hurt feelings being expressed particularly by the bernie sanders supporters. i've been struck by this sense of, we'll, we've been wounded because somehow the fact bernie sanders was at the march on w h washington with 250,000 other people means he should not be pushed or criticized at all. >> let's put what cornell just said -- and it's great to be on set with my former student cornell -- in an even larger context. the people who gave us the american revolution, the constitution, on average tend to be younger. they were radicals. they were reformers than the traditionalist opponents. i'm wearing my abe lincoln tie. lincoln decided that slavery was wrong and he remembered those commitments made early on and helped redeem them later. bernie sanders was there at the march on washington. the 60s were what they were because of the baby boomers. babies started getting born and started comi

he also served in the georgia state legislature, was the chairman of the naacp for 11 years. the president of the naacp cornell brooks tweeted this morning saying, quote, the life and legacy, the eloquence of julian bond's example yet speak to the present and future of the naacp and the nation. >> he was really one of those iconic names and faces of the civil rights era in this country. >> he put himself out there every day. >> he did. at times a controversial guy known for intellect and humor, one of those warriors that changed the country and shaped where we are now, made a lot of things possible for a lot of other people because of what he fought for and championed for decades and decades. >> not sure what the ailment was but sudden loss, 75 years old. >> sleep well, sir. >>> coming up next on eyewitness news sunday morning, a little boy with a very big heart is helping a young girl fight cancer just by going for a run. >> and taking a look outside. another hot one. meteorologist amy freeze so, i needed to deposit a check. i was about to head to the bank, but out of nowher

i am an alumnus of the naacp as well.we began on the three prong that we have to bring back which was voter education, voter registration, get out the vote. we have to go back and remind people why they are voting. the other part that is so necessary is that we have to mature as a people that we are not just voting for black faces if they do not have a black agenda. i think we have to get beyond symbolic people to say we have a black states attorney or a black commissioner. is d.c. is- chocolate city than we are full of village. city d.c. is chocolate then we are full of village -- f udge village. [applause] reverand jamal bryant: we still do not have black economic development. andsay this all of the time i have stolen it from you and the only reason i am giving you credit is because you are here. [laughter] reverand jamal bryant: what is the ask? 17 people running for the republican party and i think six for the democratic, what are we asking for? i think we have to be clear on what our ask is, and why the -- well the u

he became chairman of the naacp in 1998. he held that post for more than a decade, stepping down in 2010. he spoke about the road ahead two years ago on the 50th anniversary of the 1963 march on washington. >> we're still being tested by hardships and diversity, from the elevation of stand your ground laws to the evisceration of voting rights acts. today we commit ourselves as we did 50 years ago to greater efforts and grander victories. >> president obama said in a statement a short time ago, quote, michelle and i have benefited from his example, his counsel, his friendship. julian bond helped change the country for the better, and what better way to be remembered than that. julian bond is survived by his wife, pamela horowitz, a former splc attorney, his five children and a brother and sister. very kind, just a good man. >> we have to add, he was a handsome man. he was a virtue -- >> he was a matinee idol. but yeah, you know, eloquent speaker, all of it. >> he will be missed. thank you so much, joy. >>> let's bring in msnb

[ applause ] >> >> reporter: the head of the north carolina chapter of the naacp has compared the triale selma, alabama march that lead to the landmark voting rightest act, and calls the law immoral and illegal. >> this case will determine how cases are dealt with all over this country. this case, we win, we will stop legislators from rolling back voting rights all over this country. they will understand that they cannot do this. >> reporter: the justice department asked the judge hearing the case not only to block the 2013 law, but also to reinstate strong federal oversight of election practices in north carolina. >> a disproportionately burdening voters of color, particularly, african americans, there by hurting others. >> unfortunately there are times when we think we have won certain battles and we find ourselves fighting those battles all over again, and it's our job to standing up. >> reporter: the judge is weighing whether the naacp met the burden of proof. a decision could take weeks, possibly months. robert ray, al jazeera. >>> this sunday marks one year since a white police of

to place the flowers in the water for his honor and memory. >> julian bond, former chairman of the naacp dedicated his life fighting for civil rights. his impact on the university of virginia and the charlottesville community is truly and measurable. >> julian bond died last wednesday from complications of vascular disease at the age of 75. his family says that his body was cremated and ashes spread in the gulf of mexico today. >>> some 20,000 spectators watched in horror as the crash at an air show in great britain left seven people dead. we report that the military plane had several cars -- hit several cars on a busy highway and burst into flames. >> the daring stunt you are about to see is hard to watch knowing how it is ending. >> minutes before the crash, a pilot pulled his world war ii jet tour the clouds as he prepared for a maneuver. hundreds watched at this air show as a pilot successfully flipped over but he soon started to barrel down to the ground. he tried to pull up but not fast enough. >> we said, you are too low. >> the impact caused a massive fireball. amazingly, officia

county sheriff's department command staff ended up in a catering hall today listening to members of the naacp talk about incidents like this one in ohio where tamir rice, a black 13-year-old with a toy gun, was killed by responding white cleveland police. >> how did we get so fearful that we think deadly force is the way to stop some situation like that? >> reporter: and the community hearing responses like this from an officer. >> that the average citizen would run. if they believed that was a gun would run, but the police officer can't. >> reporter: this is new sheriff troy berry's idea of training. >> we here at charles county sheriff's office are trying to learn from national incidents. >> these are automatic flight and fight take over our brains. >> reporter: the discussion was led by retired d.c. metropolitan police veteran melanie smith, now a phd. >> law enforcement agencies train more in terms of firearms training rather than how to deescalate conflict resolution. >> people purr really afraid if they got stopped -- are really afraid if they got stopped by the police that they might m

. >>> life long civil rights activist and former naacp chairman julian bond died saturday.e served as president in the 1970s. hailing him as a visionary and tireless champion for civil and human rights. nbc's kristen dahlgren has more on his life. >> reporter: for many, julian bond was more than just a hero of the civil rights moch s move. he was a vital link to the past. >> like many of you, i was privileged to be here 50 years ago and, like many of you, i am the grandson of a slave. >> reporter: from his early college days, the tennessee native was out front at civil rights protests. when bond was elected to the georgia statehouse in 1965, white legislators voted not to seat him because of his stance against the vietnam war. >> the right of free speech, the right to descent, the right to voice an opinion that may be unpopular. but i think a second and equally as important issue is the right of people, in this case, my constituents, to be represented by someone they chose. >> reporter: the supreme court agreed. >> fellow delegates, the people of america are watching us now

bond shared the naacp for a decade and served in the georgia state legislature. bond was a professored a american university. he challenged students to go beyond social media activism and fight for causes of their time. >> he said, well, i don't know, the social media piece, i don't know if that's really organizing. you should be out in the streets. you should be -- what are you-all really doing? in a very gracious way, he challenged them and they said, you know, you're right. >> in april 2014, news4's chris lawrence interviewed bond in austin, texas. he was there for the anniversary of the lbj civil rights summit and questioned bond on civil rights challenges facing the country. >> one of them, for me, is segregated house. i don't think the civil rights movement or the country has done much about that. you go to almost any city in the country, the white people live here the black people here, this other group lives there, as long as that condition persists, can't have an equal society. >> bond also told chris that he felt local politicians and develop hearse to

he served as chairman of the naacp for some ten years. president obama called him a hero and a friend. julian bond was 75 years old. >>> it is 4:39. rescuers are struggling to get a crashed passenger plane in indonesia. this turbo prop was spotted by a search team. the wreckage was still smolders. no word on the fate of 54 people on board. some children and infants as well. the pilot reported poor visibility and bad weather on sunday before going into this area. >> they may not have recognized where they were and the impact may have been a surprise to them. >> it was headed south on a flight that should have taken about 50 minutes. >>> there's 19 major wildfires burning this morning in california. the latest one called the warm fire ironically. it sparked yesterday in north los angeles. in a few hours, it grew to 500 acres. officials say it could easily burn 2,000 acres. so far it has taken down three structures and the number unfortunately, expected to rise. right now, there is zero containment on the fire. >> hoping and praying for some

in the late 90s bond was elected as the chairman of the naacp where he continued his life's work. the king center tweeted, "rest in power and thank you. >> while president bond called bond's widow pamela and in a statement remembered a man he called a hero and a friend. julian bond helped change this country for the better. and what better way to be remembered than that. julian bond was 75. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> ahead the emotional return of the nfl player who beat canc r. >>> for the first time since 2013, it is tebow time! sports is next. da hddy gator couldn't push the throttle on his little boat any harder if he tried. he's beached here, gazing out on an unforgiving landscape. for while the people who come in here use quilted northern, a toilet paper that works so well they completely forget their experience... daddy gator sees all and forgets nothing. "i've got to motor out of here," he thinks. "this is no place to raise a child." quilted northern. designed to be forgotten. >>> this morning, on "today," in a broadcast exclusive, hear from a 19-year-old man

the civil rights leader, former head of the naacp, and passionate voice for equality. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, erica hill. >>> tonight, nearly every firefighter in this country is on call. as more than 100 large uncontained fires burn. invoking the nation's highest fire alert level, 5, is a sign of both the need and the scope of this fire season. in the west, triple-digit temperatures and drought are fueling the blazes. many of them triggered by lightning strikes. washington state has seen a rash of new fires, just since early friday, reducing dozens of homes to ashes and forcing thousands to evacuate. some making it out with barely a moment to spare. nbc's gadi schwartz is in washington for us tonight. gadi? >> reporter: well, erica, this fire is now 60,000 acres. and as it roared down that mountainside, it incinerated cars and homes alike. it is only 1% contained tonight. and for the 450 firefighters who are out here in the fire lines, it's only going to get w

civil rights leader julian bond head of the naacp died at the age of 75. on his life from nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: for many, julian bond was more than just a hero of the civil rights movement. he was a vital link to the past. >> like many of you, i was privileged to be here 50 years ago and, like many of you, i am the grandson of a slave. >> reporter: from his early college days, the tennessee native was out front at civil rights protests. when bond was elected to the georgia statehouse in 1965, white legislators voted not to seat him because of his stance against the vietnam war. >> the right to voice and opinion that may be unpopular. but i think a second and equally as important issue is the right of people, in this case, my constituents, to be represented by someone they chose. >> reporter: the supreme court agreed. >> fellow delegates, the people of america are watching us now. >> reporter: during the 1968 presidential election, bond became the first african-american proposed as a major party candidate for vice president. three years later

civil rights leader julian bond head of the naacp died at the age of 75. his life from nbc's kristen dahlgren. >> reporter: for many, julian bond was more than just a hero of the civil rights movement. he was a vital link to the past. >> like many of you, i was privileged to be here 50 years ago and, like many of you, i am the grandson of a slave. >> reporter: from his early college days, the tennessee native was out front at civil rights protests. when bond was elected to the georgia statehouse in 1965, white legislators voted not to seat him because of his stance against the vietnam war. >> the right to free speech, the right to descent, the right to voice an opinion that may be unpopular. but i think a second and equally as important issue is the right of people, in this case, my constituents, to be represented by someone they chose. >> reporter: the supreme court agreed. >> fellow delegates, the people of america are watching us now. >> reporter: during the 1968 presidential election, bond became the first african-american proposed as a major party can

we'll look at the former head of the naacp's impact on that race and equality. >> i've been asked to keep my voice down cause we are so close cause we are so close >> welcome to al jazeera america. 7:45 a.m. here in the east. we'll take a look at your top stories right now. egypt's president approved strict laws designed to top what he called terrorism. human rights groups say the new legislation will be used to crush dissent. anyone found guilty of being part of a terror group, that's a quote, will get the death penalty. >> the u.s. and germany are removing patriot missiles from turkey. they were sent to protect the southern border in 2013. officials say they will be returned to turkey to support its security, if needed. turkey has recently allowed the u.s. to launch airstrikes against isil from its air bases. >> the f.a.a. blames a faulty software update for causing major flight cancellations this weekend. a technical glitch at a radar facility in virginia ground traffic to a halt at washington, d.c.'s airports saturday. new york airports were also affected. some passengers had to

long time chairman of the naacp died at 75. fox's trever shirley has more. >> reporter: julian bond will long be remembered as a voice for the people. a voice calling for action during the civil rights movement, and later being heard as a member of the georgia's elected ship under the gold dome. the news of the death hitting a hard for those who remember hearing that voice. >> that was pretty much just in shock, just immediately began to reflect on the movement, because i lived through the movement. >> he obtained a lived a life of example, he was precise. he was truthful. he was a high man of integrity. >> reporter: news of his passing was all the of the talk outside ebonieser baptist church this morning as those remembered bond, impacted them. >> he was a great person that did a lot of great things, over the years, for the naacp, and he is very out spoken. >> reporter: bond's leadership and work for equality spanned decades. the as co founder of the both southern poverty law center and student non-violent coordination committ