Honor Julian Bond’s Legacy by Protecting Voting Rights (729 hits)
The civil rights leader helped pass the Voting Rights Act and fought for voting rights over five decades.
The fight for voting rights was always a key cause for Julian Bond over his distinguished life.
In 1965, as communications director for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Bond coordinated the group’s media response from Atlanta after SNCC Chairman John Lewis nearly died marching for voting rights on Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. Bond made sure the country knew about the atrocities in Selma and finally did something about it.
