198K views · 3.2K shares | The words he spoke resonate with us all. The message he fought to spread is timeless. RIP Julian Bond. | AJ+ | Facebook

Horace Julian Bond, (born January 14, 1940-passed on August 15, 2015) who was the son of prominent educators, attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, where he helped found a civil rights group and led a sit-in movement intended to desegregate Atlanta lunch counters. In 1960 he joined in creating the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and he later served as communications director for the group. In 1965 he won a seat in the Georgia state legislature, but the body refused to

4.8K views · 330 reactions | As Julian Bond traces his roots back to slavery, the audience is confronted with a unique opportunity to experience the century through the eyes of a prominent civil rights lider as he recounts his childhood in the segregated South, growing up in a home frequently visited by Paul Robeson and Langston Hughes. | Heritage Film Project | Facebook