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8 unusual facts about Julian Bond


Ella Baker

She was a teacher and mentor to the young people of SNCC, highly influencing the thinking of such important figures as Julian Bond, Diane Nash, Stokely Carmichael, Curtis Muhammad, Bob Moses, and Bernice Johnson Reagon, who wrote a song in Baker's honor, called "Ella's Song".

Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement

The principal interviews with Bond used in the film were conducted at Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington D.C., and at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

January 30, 2013 at The Paramount Theatre in Charlottesville, VA.

The film is built around a lengthy interview with Bond, conducted at the Sixth & I Synagogue in Washington, D.C., along with the last few lectures that he delivered, as a member of faculty, at the University of Virginia in May 2012.

Sanford R. Leigh

In SNCC he worked at times with Communications Director, Julian Bond, and manned the WATS-line.

Stephen Bingham

Georgia State Senator Julian Bond and writer Jessica Mitford were among those noted to have contributed financial or moral support to Bingham.

Sylvester Croom

In it Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, noting that the hire was in Mississippi, a state often regarded as having the poorest civil rights record, said that "For Mississippi State to place the fortunes of its team in black hands is more than welcome, however long it has taken."

Wallace Morgan

Shortly thereafter Collier's commissioned him and Julian Bond to tour the United States and report their findings in words and pictures.


Charles Morgan, Jr.

After Julian Bond was prevented from taking his seat in the Georgia House of Representatives after having made statements opposing United States involvement in the Vietnam War, Morgan appealed to the United States Supreme Court successfully to have Bond seated.


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