Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 2 P10 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 78 BOND HORACE JULIAN The family s accomplishments Bond was the descendant of a freed slave did not insulate him from prejudice. While at the George School a Quaker prep school at which he was the only black student in the 1950s Bond was told by the headmaster not to wear his school jacket on dates with white girls. The experience scarred him yet awakened him politically. At that time he also began developing a philosophy of racial awareness and pacifism along with the witty penetrating style for which he later became known. In 1957 Bond entered Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia. He did not receive his bachelor of arts degree in English until 14 years later but in the interim he made history. Bond was inspired by the civil rights movement and particularly the philosophy of nonviolent change espoused by martin luther king Jr. In 1960 Bond helped found two influential student groups. The first of these the Committee on appeal for human rights succeeded in integrating Atlanta businesses and public places. The second group the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee SNCC grew into a national phenomenon becoming the leading civil rights organization among young people in the mid-1960s. SNCC activities ranged from voter registration drives in the South to opposition to the Vietnam war and Bond in addition to joining SNCC in the field edited its newsletter. Dropping out of college in 1961 to become a full-time activist Bond soon established himself as a national figure through this work and his subsequent political career. In 1965 he won election to the Georgia House of Representatives. However lawmakers voted not to seat him ostensibly because of his anti-war activities particularly his signing of an SNCC statement that supported men who chose not to respond to their draft summons. Bond s supporters argued that the real reason he was not seated was racism. After the legislature called a new election Bond won again but he was still refused office. His lawsuit .
