Julian Bond, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julian Bond

American social activist

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1940

Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 15-Aug-2015

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Horace Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015) was an American social activist and leader in the civil rights movement, politician, professor and writer.
While a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he helped to 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 four terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and later to six terms in the Georgia State Senate, serving a combined twenty years in both legislative chambers.
From 1998 to 2010, he was chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).