As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didnt have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didnt keep up with their promise. Education didnt prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas. – Julian Bond
Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years worth of education. – Julian Bond
As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge. – Julian Bond
I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work. – Julian Bond
You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth. – Wangari Maathai