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October 1, 1968
Dear Britt,
Thanks for your letter. I am sorry to take so long to reply. Things have picked up a bit since the convention...a story in Life and other good things. But I'm trying to take take it easy. I was in DC about a week ago and did talk briefly to Mr. Holman at his new job.
There are so many things breaking my way now, and I'm trying to take a little bit of time in sorting them out. I haven't heard from WAOK, but then, I've had my phone off the hook since got back from Chicago. It was a wild scene; you should have been there.
Leroy played a shaky role at the convention, but not as shaky as some others; more about that in person. There is a lot to be told, so perhaps another interview might do the trick.
Why don't you apply to Dr. Vincent Harding at Spelman College, Atlanta, for a job with the new Martin Luther King, Jr. library doing what you're doing now. In fact, you ought to propose a "living record" of the King years, documented on tape, with you as director of the project and me as consultant at $500 a day. Harding is director of the library; they will have a lot of bread.
Keep in touch; so will I.
Sincerely,
Julian Bond
Mr. John Britton
The Civil Rights Documentation Project