Posted: August 17, 2015![Julian Bond speaking at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in D.C., May 2, 2015. Image by Ted Lieverman]()
Julian Bond, a legend in the civil rights movement, was a powerful presence in Washington, D.C., where I had the good fortune to interact with him when I was Washington editor of The Progressive. He passed away on August 15, at age 75.