of the student non-violent coordinating committee or snicc. he was an activist for all, a writer, a poet, a politician, a professor and he was a part of the civil rights generation which for many african-american communities is easily understood as our greatest generation. julian bond is not an icon or a hero in some basic sense. he was a flesh and blood person, a man, who was funny and imperfect and self deprecating. >> thank you. thank you. thank you very much. i guess that many of you are probably wondering why a georgia state senator is hosting a television comedy show. frankly, ever since i came up here, i've been wondering about it myself. i had hoped that the people knew that that was my record, too, as an anti-war and civil rights activist and as a person for nearly 20 years has tried to stand up for the underprivileged and unrepresented, i thought they may have known that i was