R.I.P Horace Julian Bond – a Social Activist and Leader of Civil Rights Movement
Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015), known as Julian Bond, 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 Senate, having served 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 and the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Notes from a Conversation with Julian Bond
Julian Bond, one of the greatest movers and shakers of the modern Civil Rights movement passed away on Saturday. I have neither the words nor the ability to write something that could portray how much he meant to movement. This past April, I had a once in a lifetime opportunity to sit down with and speak to him. While he spoke briefly about his experience with SNCC and the NAACP, he was much more interested in speaking about modern-day movements and the current state of social justice work. Here are some notes and reflections from our conversation: