and it was a wonderful feeling. >> so let's go on to those years in sncc. a few years when you become the communications director. and sncc is obviously just making headlines all over the place and accomplishing so much in terms of voter registration political activism and empowerment. why did you end of communications director? >> because i had a facility for writing. i had always been a quick greater and a good writer. but i could very quickly write something that explained whatever this thing was. and we had a need for somebody to write press releases. and we had a newsletter called the student voice and we needed someone. it was essentially a newspaper of the civil rights movement and we did somebody who could read that very quickly. i could type. and i could do it. and i think in sncc, you did what you could do and if you were good at this, you did this. if you are good at that, you did that. and i like doing it. -- i liked doing it. i had envisioned for a while being a journalist and this was like being a journalist. sncc did something, i took notes,

she is celebrated to my knowledge, -- i don't know she she supported sncc. in south froze, very petite white woman dade reception for me

professor leffler: was that a concept you brought to sncc?lian bond: some of it came from a remarkable woman named ellen baker who had a long career as an organizer of protest and who had worked in the budding cooperative movement during the depression in harlem forming economic co-ops to buy milk and groceries and snow on and these co-ops developed the notion that there is one vote per person. our votes are equal because each of us is a person. and she bought that to us. we didn't trust older people and miss baker was in her late 50's and very much the distinguished lady but we trusted her and always called her miss baker. some of the women called her ella. but she was always miss baker to me. professor leffler: did you stay in touch with lonnie king beyond those early years? julian bond: yes. he graduated and came to howard law school. never finished, but lived in the d.c. area. so for a while, we were out of touch while i was in atlanta and he was in washington. but since i moved to washington about 15 years ago we have been back in touch.

one of the first groups in the antiwar movement was sncc. without martin luther king jr. there would have been no majority antiwar ceiling. the veterans need to be represented, the working class and veterans of color. veterans and vietnamese americans played a key role in when we talk about the antiwar movement, if we're not talking about those folks, we are not actively portraying and we are not modeling the antiwar movement that really reflects both a reality and also the growing demographics of this country. if we are thinking about things to be hopeful for, the new antiwar movement is developing as part of a broader movement. among that, one of the most hopeful is black lives matter, which is a movement against u.s. militarization. with that kind of a movement and the leadership of that movement, i think we do have a lot of hope. i will pass these out and please sign them. >> thank you. >> i think this book is about making all those connections. we can't legislate how people make those connections in their own lives or even how they see the connections happening in th

during the civil rights movement, there were dissecrete policy resolutions that the naacp and sncc had. voting rights, equal accommodations but with the "black lives matter" movement it's difficult to pinpoint the policies. we know black men are being gunned down in the street being unarmed, and what your public policy solution for that? that a really difficult thing. one of the things with a novel, with fiction, there's kind of a way for us to get in and discuss the issue of race. i think lee was trying to give us a platform for talking about it. i'm not sure she knew exactly how to talk about it either. she was -- but let's give her credit for at least trying, and she was trying to put it out there. we may have taken it on and placed our own mythologies on top of it over the last 50 years, but it at least gives us a platform. >> what she also did, she became friends with mary tucker, who was an african-american teacher in monroeville, and she -- because of all the publicity with mockingbird, she we go to mary -- they became good friends and she provided scholarships for students of c

as the first coordinator of sncc , the student nonviolent coordinating committee, he interfaced with leaders such as .artin luther king as a public servant, he literally change the landscape of washington, d.c. e is responsible for many black millionaires. not only did he create millionaires, but he created some self-proclaimed billionaires. negotiated with poland to open up the washington wizards basketball team at the verizon center. we see all the goodness of going up in washington that has transformed the city into a bustling, thriving metropolis. serves thehe boldly last among us. at a time would like a black violence was on at a high, the called louis farrakhan for atonement, responsibility, and reconciliation. marion barry made all of the city services available. he helped organize the march. he made leave possible so that d.c. employees could attend. without marion barry, the million man march could have never happened. of my father, merry berry, i'm here to stand with minister farrakhan. audible minister has called for 10,000 fearless warriors to go into the black community,

she is celebrated to my knowledge, -- i don't know she she supported sncc. in south froze, very petite white woman dade reception for me and her name was nadine mortimer. there's absolutely no doubt where her commitment to the struggle and liberation of people were. i said, harper lee is a great novelist. don't know where she stood on race relationships. i don't. >> that's it. thank you all so much for coming. >> that panel on harper lee was from the first annual mississippi book fair, held at the state capitol in jackson. and by the way, "go set a watchman," harper lee's sobel novel, has sold about 1.5 million copies since it was published in july. up next, an economics panel from the harlem book fair in july. >> thank you max rodriguez. i'm rich from columbia university. an absolute pleasure to be here to introduce the panel that will launch the harlem book fair's author panel, broadcast on c-span, booktv. the panel is particularly timely given the crisis -- some staggering numbers about wealth inequality and should be a national crisis, this panel is call

she is celebrated to my knowledge, -- i don't know she supported sclc or sncc or the naacp, she is lauded in this century. last time i was in south africa, a very petite white woman did a reception for me, and her name was nadine hortimer. there's absolutely no doubt where her commitment to the struggle in liberation of people were. i said harper lee is a great novelist. don't know where she stood on race relations. i don't. >> that's it. thank you all so much for coming. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, >> that was from the first annual mississippi book fair held in the state capital and actually this second novel has sold 1.5 million copies since it was published in july. up next the economics panel of the harlem book fair ini'm fc july. the pan that >> i am from columbia university it is up pleasure to be here the panel is timely but also staggeringlinea numbers on welfare and the quality with race andis poverty that should be a national crisis. phi this panel will be moderatedthe by my colleague who is the of professor and co-director at for this center for social enterprises. and

as the first chairman of sncc, he worked with civil rights leaders such as martin luther king.ng d.c. residents from the five social positions to successful middle class and many, men black millionaires and he established minority programs and as a result, not only did he create millionaires but the created some self-proclaimed billionaires. ... marion barry negotiated with to open up the washington wizards basketball team at the verizon center and we all live here and as a result of that we see all the businesses that have grown up in washington that's transformed this city from a sleepy little town into a bustling, thriving metropolis. >> he boldly served the least, the last and the lost among us. at a time when black-on-black violence was at a high in america. the honorable minister louis farrakhan called black men to gather in washington for atonement, responsibilities and reconciliation. marion barry made all of the city services available. he used his staff to help organize the march. he made leave possible so that d.c. government employees could attend. without the visio