Tag: Roy Reed

  • Times Regrets ‘Slave Mistress’ in Julian Bond’s Obituary The New York Times 2015-08-20 Margaret Sullivan, Public Editor After Julian Bond’s death on Saturday, The Times published a lengthy and well-written obituary summing up the life and work of the civil rights champion. But many readers were bothered by a single sentence in the front-page article:…

  • Julian Bond, Former N.A.A.C.P. Chairman and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 75 The New York Times 2015-08-16 Roy Reed Julian Bond, a charismatic figure of the 1960s civil rights movement, a lightning rod of the anti-Vietnam War campaign and a lifelong champion of equal rights for minorities, notably as chairman of the N.A.A.C.P., died on…