Photo Gallery: Civil Rights Icon Julian Bond through the years

Julian Bond through the years 3

A lengthy career

In this 1966 photo, Ga. State Representative Julian Bond is shown outside the state capitol building in Atlanta. A year after being denied his seat in the Georgia House, the United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in the case of Bond v. Floyd that the Georgia House of Representatives had denied Bond his freedom of speech and was required to seat him.

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