NAME | DESCRIPTION |
JULIAN BOND | He was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer. While he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he helped 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. |
DESCRIPTION | NAME OF SITE | CITY | STATE |
BIRTHPLACE | HUBBARD HOSPITAL | NASHVILLE | TENNESEE |
ORGANIZATION | SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE | ATLANTA | GEORGIA |
HE HELPED THE ORGANIZATION | SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | MONTGEMERY | ALABAMA |
ORGANIZATION- HE WAS THE CHAIRMAN | NAACP | BALTIMORE | MARYLAND |
ALMA MATER | GEORGE SCHOOL | MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP | PENNSLYVANIA |
ALMA MATER | MOREHOUSE COLLEGE | ATLANTA | GEORGIA |
PROFESSOR | UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | CHARLOTTESVILLE | VIRGINIA |
MUSEUM | NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM | MEMPHIS | TENNENSEE |
DEATHPLACE | FORT WALTON BEACH HOSPITAL | FORT WALTON BEACH | FLORIDA |
BURIAL | SOUTHVIEW CEMETRY | ATLANTA | GEORGIA |
MONTGEMERY ALABAMA
BOND ONCE REFERRED TO LEADING THE NAACP AS “THE MOST POWERFUL JOB A BLACK MAN CAN HAVE IN AMERICA
ATLANTA GEORGIA
SOUTHVIEW CEMETRY –
JULIAN BOND BURIAL SITE