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Julian Bond: Civil Rights Activist and Chairman of the NAACP (African-American Biographies (Enslow))

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6/29/2010 Enslow Publishers's African American Biographies :Civil Rights Activist & Chairman of the NAACP, African American Julian Bond), contains much about his life (up until 2001). The book (ISBN 0766015491)was published almost a decade ago,in 2001 .It reflects his enthusiasm in being able to imitate activists , when he was just a teen,with fervor ....A quote from the book :(i.e. "spending his energies in improving conditions for the black race") which he considers* his ongoing legacy* (page 113). The book contains "chapter notes" as well as an "index" .6/29/2010 abj

This biography of Julian Bond is a straightforward factual portrait of the man and his roots in the African American community of the South. Although Bond initially chose not to follow his roots into academic community, he ended up there after his years in the civil rights movement. This study of him provides the reader with keys to the events of his life. It is a valuable starting point to get the facts about him right but unlike John Neary's study of him, Julian Bond: Black Rebel, it does not provide a picture of him as a sensitive man who is a key figure in the early student civil rights movement.

I purchased this book to use as a reference in my African American Studies paper. This book contained little known facts about Mr. Bond that assisted me in obtaining an A+ on my final paper.