Julian Bond, Hamid Gul, Louis Stokes: Obituaries This Week
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This week’s notable deaths included a leader of the struggle in the 1960s to end racial segregation in the U.S., the former head of Pakistan’s intelligence operations and the first black member of Congress from Ohio. Below are summaries of these and other obituaries.
Julian Bond, 75. Civil rights activist in the 1960s, who as communications director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee helped the national news media uncover stories of racial discrimination in the South. Later, he was a leader of the NAACP, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center and served six terms in the Georgia Legislature. Died Aug. 15 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The cause was complications of vascular disease.