Julian Bond
| Julian Bond | |
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| Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | |
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In office 1998–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Myrlie Evers-Williams |
| Succeeded by | Roslyn Brock |
| Member of the Georgia Senate from the 39th district |
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In office 1975–1987 |
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| Preceded by | Horace T. Ward |
| Succeeded by | Hildred W. Shumake |
| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 32 district |
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In office 1967–1974 |
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| Succeeded by | Mildred Glover |
| Personal details | |
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Horace Julian Bond January 14, 1940 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | August 15, 2015 (aged 75) Fort Walton Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Children | 5 |
| Education | George School |
| Alma mater |
Morehouse College (BA, English, 1971) |
Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015) was an American social activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement, politician, professor and writer. While a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he helped to establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Bond was elected to four terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and later to six terms in the Georgia State Senate, serving a combined twenty years in both legislative chambers. From 1998 to 2010, he was chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Bond was born at Hubbard Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, to parents Julia Agnes (Washington) and Horace Mann Bond. His father was an educator who went on to serve as the president of Lincoln University. His mother, Julia, was a former librarian at Clark Atlanta University. At the time, the family resided on campus at Fort Valley State College, where Horace was president. The house of the Bonds was a frequent stop for scholars, activists, and celebrities passing through, such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson. In 1945 his father accepted the position of president of Lincoln University—becoming its first African-American president—and the family moved North.
In 1957, Bond graduated from George School, a private Quaker preparatory boarding school near Newtown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
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