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Horace Julian Bond: Soldier for Human Rights

Julian Bond (1940-2015)
Julian Bond (1940-2015)

Julian Bond (1940-2015) was an important participant in the Civil Rights Movement. A graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, he was one of the fiunding members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), which was formed in 1960. In 1971, he co-founded The Southern Poverty Law Center and served as its president for the first decade of the center's existence. He later served in the Georgia House of Representatives for four terms and in the Georgia State Senate for six terms . He later served as Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

NOTE--This informational blog is compiled by (with the exception of the introduction and photograph) and reprinted with permission from Abdul Akalimat, PhD

Early life and education

Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Bond

Father: Horace Mann Bond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann_Bond https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.95950 https://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/bond1144/

SNCC https://snccdigital.org/people/julian-bond/

Civil Rights Movement Veterans https://www.crmvet.org/vet/bond.htm

Julian Bond Papers Project University of Virginia https://bondpapersproject.org/

Lectures https://www.google.com/search?q=julian+bond+lectures&client=firefox-b-1-e&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi93N3-nbH-AhVllYkEHVebD_oQ0pQJegQIBxAC&biw=1019&bih=471&dpr=1.88

Poetry https://www.crmvet.org/poetry/pbond.htm

Interview https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=julian+bond+interfviews

Legacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JULIAN

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