Bond, Julian, 1940-2015

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1940-01-14
Death 2015-08-15
Gender:
Male
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Julian Bond (1940- ), African American civil rights leader and politician, involved in sit-ins in Atlanta, helped found Committee on Appeal for Human Rights and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

From the description of Julian Bond oral history interview, 1979 Apr. 10. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38727097

Julian Bond (1940- ) is a political and civil rights activist. While studying at Morehouse College in 1960, he helped form the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights (COAHR), as well as the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In 1965 he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Georgia Legislature and in 1975 was elected to the Georgia Senate. In 1986, he ran an unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Congress. Since then, he has taught the history and politics of the Civil rights movement at several universities and has served on the board of several civil rights and peace organizations, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

From the description of Julian Bond papers, 1969-1996. (Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System). WorldCat record id: 58438268

Civil rights activist; member of the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate; and a University of Virginia History Professor.

From the description of Oral history interview of Julian Bond by Mohini Shapero [manuscript], October 18, 1995. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647919842

Civil rights leader.

From the description of Julian Bond papers [manuscript], circa 1943-2006. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 218424361

From the description of Reminiscences of Julian Bond: oral history, 1990. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158539

President of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

From the description of Correspondence to Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1977. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 235052222

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  • African Americans
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Occupations:

  • Civil rights workers
  • College teachers
  • Legislators

Places:

  • Atlanta, GA, US
  • Nashville, TN, US
  • Fort Walton Beach, FL, US