Julian Bond was a legendary civil rights activist. He co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), was a six-term Georgia Senator, and was chairman of the NAACP. He recently passed away at the age of seventy-five. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Julian Bond, a charismatic figure of the 1960s civil rights movement, a lightning rod of the anti-Vietnam War campaign and a lifelong champion of equal rights, notably as chairman of the N.A.A.C.P., died on Saturday night in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. He was 75.
The Southern Poverty Law Center announcedMr. Bond’s death on Sunday. His wife, Pamela Sue Horowitz, said the cause was complications of vascular disease.”*
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