Julian Bond

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Julian Bond was a prominent American civil rights leader, politician, and educator who co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and later chaired the NAACP.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights activist
educator
human
politician
writer
awardReceived National Freedom Award
Spingarn Medal
causeOfDeath vascular disease
chairpersonOf NAACP
coFounded Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1940-01-14
dateOfDeath 2015-08-15
educatedAt Morehouse College
electedIn 1965 Georgia House of Representatives election
endTime 2010 (chairman of the NAACP)
ethnicGroup African Americans
familyName Bond
fieldOfWork African-American history
civil rights movement
fullName Horace Julian Bond
givenName Horace
Julian
memberOf NAACP
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
notableFor advocacy for racial equality
opposition to the Vietnam War
support for LGBT rights
notableWork leadership in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
occupation civil rights leader
politician
university professor
writer
parent Horace Mann Bond
Julia Agnes Washington Bond
placeOfBirth Nashville, Tennessee, United States
placeOfDeath Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States
politicalParty Democratic Party (United States)
positionHeld chairman of the NAACP
communications director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
member of the Georgia House of Representatives
member of the Georgia State Senate
relative James Bond (brother)
religion Baptist
spouse Alice Clopton
Pamela Sue Horowitz
startTime 1998 (chairman of the NAACP)
taughtAt American University
Harvard University
University of Virginia

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