Horace Mann Bond
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| President of Lincoln University |
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In office 1945–1957 |
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| Succeeded by | Armstead Otey Grubb |
| President of Fort Valley State College |
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In office 1939–1945 |
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| Succeeded by | Cornelius V. Troup |
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| Born | November 8, 1904 |
| Died | December 21, 1972 (aged 68) |
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Lincoln University University of Chicago |
Horace Mann Bond (November 8, 1904 – December 21, 1972) was an American historian, college administrator, social science researcher and the father of civil-rights leader Julian Bond. He earned a master's and doctorate from University of Chicago, at a time when only a small percentage of any young adults attended any college. He was an influential leader at several historically black colleges and was appointed the first president of Fort Valley State University in Georgia in 1939, where he managed its growth in programs and revenue. In 1945 he became the first African-American president of Lincoln University, Pennsylvania.
Horace was born 8 November 1904 in Nashville, Tennessee, the grandson of slaves. His mother, Jane Alice Browne, was a schoolteacher, and his father, James Bond, was a minister who served at Congregational churches across the South, often associated with historically black colleges. Both had graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio, one of the first colleges that was interracial. They were among the black elite and encouraged their children in academic achievement.
Horace was the sixth of seven children – one brother was prominent educator J. Max Bond, Sr.. He had several unpleasant encounters with whites during his childhood, including an incident where a white man shot at their house after having a fight with Horace's older brothers, and his father being arrested by their neighbor, a police officer, when they moved into an all-white street. Bond excelled in school, graduating from high school at the age of fourteen.
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