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1940 – 2015Julian Bond (1940-2015)Died 15 August 2015, aged 75Julian Bond was an American civil rights leader who co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and later served as chairman of the NAACP. He was one of the youngest members ever elected to the Georgia state legislature, though he was initially barred from taking his seat over his opposition to the Vietnam War. Bond remained a prominent voice for civil rights until his death.