Civil Rights Activist Julian Bond Dies at 75
Julian Bond, the civil rights activist and former chairman of the NAACP, has died at age 75, the Southern Poverty Law Center said in a statement Sunday.
Bond, who was the SPLC’s first president, died Saturday night in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, after a brief illness, the statement said.
In a post titled We’ve lost a Champion, the center’s co-founder Morris Dees writes: “With Julian’s passing, the country has lost one of its most passionate and eloquent voices for the cause of justice.
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