Civil Rights Activist And Politician, Horace Julian Bond, Was Born, January 14, 1940, In Nashville, Tennessee.
His Family Moved To Pennsylvania When He Was Five, After Bond's Father, Horace M. Bond, Accepted A Position As Lincoln University's First Black President.
While At Atlanta's Morehous College During The Early 1960's, Julian Bond Was A Founding Member Of The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). From 1960 - 1966, He Organized Student Protests Against Segregation And Served As The Organization's Director Of Communications.
In 1965 Bond Was Elected To The Georgia House Of Representatives. However, He Was Barred From Taking A Seat Because Of His Outspoken Views On The Vietnam War. In December, 1966, The U.S. Supreme Court Ruled That Bond's First Amedment Rights Had Been Violated And He Was Finally Allowed His Seat. He Served Four Terms As State Representative And Six Terms In The Georgia State Senate.
During The 1968 Presidential Election, He Became The First Black American To Be Nominated For Vice President. He Withdrew His Name Because He Was Too Young To Serve.
Bond Is The Current Chairman Of The NAACP. He Has Hosted The Television Program, America's Black Forum And Serves As President Emeritus Of The Southern Poverty Law Center. He Is An Adjunct Professor At Washington DC's American University And Teaches Civil Rights History At The University Of Virginia.
" Julian Bond addresses the 2009 NAACP 100th Annual Convention
In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
