Julian Bond
Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015), known as Julian Bond, was an American social activist, politician, professor, and writer. He was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
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| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 32nd district | |
| In office 1967–1974 | |
| Succeeded by | Mildred Glover[1] |
| Member of the Georgia Senate from the 39th district | |
| In office 1975–1987 | |
| Preceded by | Horace T. Ward[2] |
| Succeeded by | Hildred W. Shumake[3] |
| Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | |
| In office 1998–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Myrlie Evers-Williams |
| Succeeded by | Roslyn Brock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Horace Julian Bond January 14, 1940 Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| Died | August 15, 2015 (aged 75) Walton Beach, Florida, USA |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Clopton (1961–1989, divorced) Pamela S. Horowitz (1990–2015) |
| Alma mater | George School Morehouse College (BA, English, 1971) |
Bond was elected to four terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and later to six terms in the Georgia Senate. From 1998 to 2010, he was chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center.[4]
Bond died on August 15, 2015 from complications of vascular disease (blood vessel disease) in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, aged 75.[5]
Julian Bond Media
Bond being interviewed by WFSU-TV in 1982
Julian Bond and Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton at a rally opposing a ballot initiative aimed at prohibiting same-sex marriage in that state in June 2012.
(L-R) Bond with John Lewis, US Representative from Georgia, at the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2014
Bond during the filming of Julian Bond (2012)
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References
- ↑ "Members of Georgia House of Representatives alphabetically arranged according to names, with districts and post offices for the term 1974-1975", Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Georgia Legislature, vol. 1, p. 2019, 1974, archived from the original on 2016-01-07, retrieved 2015-08-16
- ↑ "Members of the Senate of Georgia by Districts in Numerical Order and Post Offices for the Term 1973-1974", Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, vol. 1, p. 1671, 1973, archived from the original on 2016-01-07, retrieved 2015-08-16
- ↑ "Members of Georgia House of Representatives for the term 1987-1988 by districts and addresses", Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Georgia Legislature, p. CLXXIV, archived from the original on 2016-01-07, retrieved 2015-08-16
- ↑ Montes-Bradley, Eduardo. "Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement". Alexander Street Press, 2013.
- ↑ "Julian Bond, civil rights leader and former NAACP chairman, dies at 75". CNN.com. 16 August 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
Other websites
Media related to Julian Bond at Wikimedia Commons
- NAACP biography Archived 2010-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
- SPLC biography Archived 2007-06-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Julian Bond on IMDb
- Brief video clip From the State Library & Archives of Florida.
- Julian Bond at Answers.com
- Oral History Interview with Julian Bond from Oral Histories of the American South
- Faculty Profile
- One Person, One Vote Profile Archived 2015-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
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