HOUSTON — Julian Bond minced few words this week as the elder statesman of the NAACP reflected on his half-century of service in the cause of civil rights — and warned of the challenges ahead. “Racial ...
Was the first African American to have his name placed in nomination for vice president of the United States. He could not accept the nomination because he was only 28 years old, which is under the ...
Named a “Living Legend” by the U.S. Library of Congress, Julian Bond has been a driving force for social change for more than 50 years — as a civil rights leader, politician, scholar and writer. In ...
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- Julian Bond's life traced the arc of the civil rights movement, from his efforts as a militant young man to start a student protest group, through a long career in politics ...
Say the name aloud of our new ancestor, Julian Bond, and generations of black Americans will think of a clear, proud voice. For some, they hear the sophisticated trumpet for justice as a leader of the ...
Julian Bond was not allowed to take the oath at the Georgia state legislature in January 1966 after winning the election in 1965. He ran for a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives after a ...
If ever there was a man for all seasons, Julian Bond certainly fits the bill — a man whose college-student activism challenged the lie of “separate but equal” all over the South and particularly in ...
What would MLK want us to do on MLK Day? Julian Bond takes questions from our studio audience: What would MLK want us to do on MLK Day? Also NAACP founding, SNCC, Lester Maddox ...