American Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond: April 2
Julian Bond, chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)—the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization—will speak Thursday, April 2, at 12:15 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall.
He is the keynote speaker for this year’s Leadership Lecture Series. His talk is free and open to the public.
Bond is a distinguished professor at American University and a professor of history at the University of Virginia who has tirelessly served the causes of dignity, peace, and freedom for almost half a century. His speech to campus, “Civil Rights: In the Day, Today, and Tomorrow,” will discuss the long struggle of African Americans for equality, diversity in the legislative process, and the future of civil rights issues.
He is the keynote speaker for this year’s Leadership Lecture Series. His talk is free and open to the public.
Bond is a distinguished professor at American University and a professor of history at the University of Virginia who has tirelessly served the causes of dignity, peace, and freedom for almost half a century. His speech to campus, “Civil Rights: In the Day, Today, and Tomorrow,” will discuss the long struggle of African Americans for equality, diversity in the legislative process, and the future of civil rights issues.
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