Julian Bond

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Proper noun: * Julian Bond: A United States civil rights leader. He is noted for being elected to the Georgia legislature in 1965 but being initially barred from taking his seat due to his opposition to the Vietnam War. He was a founding member and communications director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and later served as chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Usage Examples
  • Proper noun:
    • Julian Bond was a key figure in the American Civil Rights Movement.
    • The biography details Julian Bond's lifelong commitment to social justice.
    • His speeches, like those of Julian Bond, inspired a generation of activists.
Advanced Usage
  • The name "Julian Bond" is often used as a synecdoche for a specific era and philosophy within the civil rights struggle, representing the bridge between student activism and institutional political change.
    • The strategy combined the grassroots energy of SNCC, under leaders like Julian Bond, with national legislative efforts.
Variants and Related Words
  • Horace Julian Bond: His full name.
  • SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee): The organization he helped found.
  • NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People): The organization he later chaired.
Synonyms
  • Civil rights leader
  • Activist
  • Legislator (specifically in the Georgia House of Representatives and Senate)
Related Phrases
  • "Bond was seated": A historical phrase referring to the eventual resolution, after a legal battle and a re-election, of his right to serve in the Georgia legislature.
    • After the Supreme Court ruled in his favor, Bond was seated in 1967.
Noun
  1. United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)

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