Julian Bond

Julian Bond
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 (1940-01-14)January 14, 1940 Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Died	August 15, 2015(2015-08-15) (aged 75) Walton Beach, Florida, USA
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]

1. ↑ "Members of Georgia House of Representatives alphabetically arranged according to names, with districts and post offices for the term 1974-1975", Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, vol. 1, Georgia Legislature, p. 2019, 1974, archived from the original on 2016-01-07, retrieved 2015-08-16
2. ↑ "Members of the Senate of Georgia by Districts in Numerical Order and Post Offices for the Term 1973-1974", Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, vol. 1, p. 1671, 1973, archived from the original on 2016-01-07, retrieved 2015-08-16
3. ↑ "Members of Georgia House of Representatives for the term 1987-1988 by districts and addresses", Acts and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Georgia Legislature, p. CLXXIV, archived from the original on 2016-01-07, retrieved 2015-08-16
4. ↑ Montes-Bradley, Eduardo. "Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement". Alexander Street Press, 2013.
5. ↑ "Julian Bond, civil rights leader and former NAACP chairman, dies at 75". CNN.com. 16 August 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.