"They preach racial equality but practice racial division. Their idea of equal rights is the American flag and Confederate swastika flying side by side."
NAACP Chairman Julian Bond told Indiana lawmakers and business leaders Wednesday that President Bush and other Republicans appeal to a racist "dark underside of American culture." In a wide-ranging speech at the annual Indiana Economic Development Conference, Bond attacked Bush's record on civil rights and criticized the war in Iraq. Bond, 64, was a prominent activist in the 1960s civil-rights movement and worked closely with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. [more]