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Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015) was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer. While he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia , during the early 1960s, he helped establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Apr 18, 2024 · Julian Bond (born January 14, 1940, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.—died August 15, 2015, Fort Walton Beach, Florida) was a U.S. legislator and Black civil rights leader, best known for his fight to take his duly elected seat in the Georgia House of Representatives. Julian Bond at a peace rally in New York City, 1966.
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Aug 16, 2015 · Horace Julian Bond was born on Jan. 14, 1940, in Nashville, to Horace Mann Bond and the former Julia Washington. The family moved to Pennsylvania five years later, when Mr. Bond’s father became ...
Julian Bond. A prominent civil rights activist who became the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Horace Julian Bond served as chairman of NAACP from 1998 to 2010, bringing the institution into the 21st century. Bond was also active in politics in Georgia, serving in both chambers of the state's government for two decades.
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Aug 16, 2015 · Julian Bond, a major figure in the 1960s civil rights movement who served as a longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75.
Aug 16, 2015 · Horace Julian Bond was born Jan. 14, 1940, in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to his wife, a former staff attorney at the law center, survivors include five children. Holland reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press Race and Ethnicity Editor Sonya Ross, also in Washington, contributed to this report.
Jun 17, 2016 · Julian Bond was one of the original leaders of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960.The activist group made significant contributions to the 1960s civil rights movement, leading seat-ins and taking part in Freedom Rides to desegregate buses.
