Julian Bond
Birthday: 14 January 1940, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Birth Name: Horace Julian Bond
Julian Bond was born on January 14, 1940 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA as Horace Julian Bond. He was an actor, known for Ray (2004), 5 to 7 (2014) and The Shadow of Hate (1995). He was married to Pamel ...Show More
What was really wonderful about the March on Washington is that this is the first time most white pe Show more
What was really wonderful about the March on Washington is that this is the first time most white people watching television had ever seen Dr. King give a full speech. They'd heard snippets and pieces of his oratory, but he was such a wonderful speaker, and he made an argument for the righteousness of black protest. Hide
[on the oratory of Martin Luther King at the 'March on Washington'] His ability to summon from his m Show more
[on the oratory of Martin Luther King at the 'March on Washington'] His ability to summon from his memory and deviate from his written text was just remarkable to me. I make speeches all the time. I can't do without a piece of paper in front of me. But he could just draw these ideas, draw these images, paint these picture. It was just a remarkable performance. I've never seen anything as good as this ever, and I doubt if I ever will. Hide
[on the 'March on Washington' August 28, 1963] The city of Washington almost went crazy. The cancele Show more
[on the 'March on Washington' August 28, 1963] The city of Washington almost went crazy. The canceled all elective surgery. The put surgeons and doctors on full time, waiting for something bad to happen. They put policemen on eighteen-hour shifts. They just went out of the way to prepare for what they thought would be some kind of massive riot. They couldn't imagine this many black people coming together without some awful, awful disturbance in the streets. Hide
Julian Bond's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (51)
Julian Bond'S roles
Himself - Host, Various
