Julian Bond | 1940-2015

Julian Bond hugs Luci Baines Johnson, the younger daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, during an April 10, 2014, event in Austin, Texas, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act.

(Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press)

Aug. 16, 2015 2:20 PM PT

Julian Bond, civil rights leader and NAACP chairman, dies at 75.

Then-NAACP Chairman Julian Bond speaks to the organization’s national convention in Atlanta on July 12, 1998.

(Erik S. Lesser / Associated Press)

As then-NAACP President Kweisi Mfume and then-Chairman Julian Bond look on, President Clinton admires an award presented to him at the organization’s national convention in Baltimore on July 13, 2000.

(Roberto Borea / Associated Press)

George W. Bush, at the time the Republican presidential candidate, responds to applause beside then-NAACP Chairman Julian Bond before a speech at the organization’s convention in Baltimore on July 10, 2000.

(Roberto Schmidt / AFP)