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(CNN)Julian Bond, a lifelong civil rights leader and former board chairman of the NAACP, has died. He was 75.
Bond died Saturday night after a brief illness in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which he served as founding president in the 1970s.
"Not only has the country lost a hero today, we've lost a great friend," the legal advocacy group said in a statement.
The Tennessee native was on the forefront of the 1960s civil rights movement and was among activists who demanded equal rights for African-Americans.
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/16/us/naacp-julian-bond-dead/index.html
Bond died Saturday night after a brief illness in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which he served as founding president in the 1970s.
"Not only has the country lost a hero today, we've lost a great friend," the legal advocacy group said in a statement.
The Tennessee native was on the forefront of the 1960s civil rights movement and was among activists who demanded equal rights for African-Americans.
(more)
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/16/us/naacp-julian-bond-dead/index.html
