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October 1968
Dear Georgia Loyal National Democrat,
That is quite a mouthful, but you are a member of a group...the Georgia Loyal National Democrats..lwho made a lot of people eat their own words.
I just want to take this method to thank each of you. The convention has been over for some time. The sound and fury of Chicago is dying, and for most people, will soon be forgotten.
But I don't think any of us will ever forget that we represented the best of Georgia in Chicago, that we fought a long hard batte for what we believe in and we very nearly completely won it.
We haven't changed the Democratic Party of Georgia, as some of the regulars seem to think we have. It still remains in the hands of the same old courthouse crowd as before.
What he have done is shown that ordinary people. . .housewives, a lot of ministers, students and workers, rich and poor, black and white...can work together in a just cause.
We hope all of us can get together soon to discuss our future as a group. I would hope we can begin to build a statewide political movement in Georgia, a group that is not "Democratic" or "Republican" but simply democratic...open enough to give a political voice to people in Georgia who have been rejected by the politics of the South.
If we can do that, then we will be a lot closer to saying "We Have Overcome".
Sincerely,
Julian Bond