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Julian Bond, a leading figure from the 1960s civil rights movement who served as chairman of the NAACP after a long career in politics, died Saturday in Fort Walton Beach, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75.
Former NAACP chairman Julian Bond, shown here at the “Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement” panel during last year’s Civil Rights Summit in Texas, died Saturday in Fort Walton Beach.
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