Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 â€" August 15, 2015) was an
American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement,
politician, professor, and writer. While he was a student at Morehouse
College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he helped
establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In
1971, he helped found the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery,
Alabama, and served as its first president for nearly a decade.Bond
was elected to serve four terms in the Georgia House of
Representatives and later he was elected to serve six terms in the
Georgia State Senate, serving a total of twenty years in both
legislative chambers. From 1998 to 2010, he was chairman of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP).Bond was born at Hubbard Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, to
parents Julia Agnes (Washington) and Horace Mann Bond. His father was
an educator who later served as the president of Lincoln University, a
historically black university in Pennsylvania. His mother, Julia, was
a former librarian at Clark Atlanta University.
American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement,
politician, professor, and writer. While he was a student at Morehouse
College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he helped
establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In
1971, he helped found the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery,
Alabama, and served as its first president for nearly a decade.Bond
was elected to serve four terms in the Georgia House of
Representatives and later he was elected to serve six terms in the
Georgia State Senate, serving a total of twenty years in both
legislative chambers. From 1998 to 2010, he was chairman of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP).Bond was born at Hubbard Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, to
parents Julia Agnes (Washington) and Horace Mann Bond. His father was
an educator who later served as the president of Lincoln University, a
historically black university in Pennsylvania. His mother, Julia, was
a former librarian at Clark Atlanta University.
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