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Mr. Jim Buckley

October 22, 1968

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Black people in Georgia are a state-wide minority, although we are a majority in some counties and will be a majority in Atlanta within five years. In these areas I would favor all-black (or at worst, majority black ((political organizations that would effectively, democratically direct the political thrust of a group of people for whom politics means both street improvements and civilizing the police as well as a chance to influence and direct policy making on a city, county and state level.

For this election, in November, what strikes me as the biggest difference between Southern and Northern outlooks is that most Kennedy-McCarthy supporters I know in this region are hoping for, if not working for, the election of Vice-President Humphrey because of their fear of the Strom Thurmond influence in a Nixon government, while their Northern counterparts are mostly not participating in the November election on a presidential level.

Those of us here, of course, are subjected to much abuse by those persons unfortunate enough not to have to live here. We are called "shills" and "prostitutes" by our Northern brothers and sisters, which is an indication, I believe, now that the sitin demonstrations and Freedom Rides have paled and voter registration efforts lost their excitement that there isn't much interest up yonder in us folks down here.

But, that's life.

Sincerely,

Julian Bond

Jim Buckley

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