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Julian Bond
Acting
Born January 14, 1940 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Died August 15, 2015
Also known as Horace Julian Bond
Biography
Horace Julian Bond 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.
Awards & recognition
- Alston-Jones International Civil and Human Rights Award · 2010
- Spingarn Medal · 2009
- National LGBTQ Task Force · 2006
- Eugene V. Debs Award · 2002
- National Civil Rights Museum · 2002
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- Library of Congress Living Legend
Filmography10 titles

In Remembrance of Martin
1986as Self
1986as Self

5 to 7
2014as Himself
2014as Himself

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
2015as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]
2015as Self - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]

Eyes on the Prize
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Art of the Steal
2009as Himself
2009as Himself

Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Host
1975as Self - Host

American Experience
1988as Narrator (voice)
1988as Narrator (voice)

Greased Lightning
1977as Russell
1977as Russell

John Lewis: Good Trouble
2020as Self (archive footage)
2020as Self (archive footage)

Rather
2023as Self - Congressman from Georgia (archive footage)
2023as Self - Congressman from Georgia (archive footage)