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Related: About this forumLongtime civil rights activist Julian Bond dead at 75
Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
He was 75.
Bond died in Fort Walton Beach, Florida after a brief illness, the SPLC said in a statement released Sunday morning.
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The Nashville, Tenn. native was considered a symbol and icon of the 1960s civil rights movement. As a Morehouse College student, Bond helped found the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and as its communications director, he was on the front lines of protests that led to the nation's landmark civil rights laws.
Bond later served as board chairman of the 500,000-member NAACP for 10 years but declined to run again for another one-year term in 2010.
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-julian-bond-20150815-story.html
In addition to Julian Bond's achievements as a founder of SNCC and the Southern Poverty Law Center, his time as leader of the NAACP led to a focus on LGBTQ rights.
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Longtime civil rights activist Julian Bond dead at 75 (Original Post)
DemocraticWing
Aug 2015
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chillfactor
(7,573 posts)1. May his soul rest in peace....
He was one of the good guys....
shenmue
(38,506 posts)2. Rest in peace
Gothmog
(145,046 posts)3. May he rest in peace
nightscanner59
(802 posts)4. Surely this man's goodness will be rewarded in his karmic destination
Godspeed, Mr Bond.
burrowowl
(17,636 posts)5. RIP Agitator!
Too young! He was wonderful!
burrowowl
(17,636 posts)6. Beautiful speech!
Listen to it!