Julian Bond | |
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![]() Julian Bond | |
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 32nd district | |
In office 1967–1974 | |
Succeeded by | Mildred Glover[1] |
Member of the Georgia Senate from the 39th district | |
In office 1975–1987 | |
Preceded by | Horace T. Ward[2] |
Succeeded by | Hildred W. Shumake[3] |
Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | |
In office 1998–2010 | |
Preceded by | Myrlie Evers-Williams |
Succeeded by | Roslyn Brock |
Personal details | |
Born | Horace Julian Bond January 14, 1940 Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
Died | August 15, 2015 Walton Beach, Florida, USA | (aged 75)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Alice Clopton (1961–1989, divorced) Pamela S. Horowitz (1990–2015) |
Alma mater | George School Morehouse College (BA, English, 1971) |
Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015), known as Julian Bond, was an American social activist, politician, professor, and writer. He was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
Bond was elected to four terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and later to six terms in the Georgia Senate. 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.[4]
Bond died on August 15, 2015 from complications of vascular disease (blood vessel disease) in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, aged 75.[5]