PBS Correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault reflects on the life of Julian Bond, whom she knew as the first black student to attend the University of Georgia in 1961.

By PBS News Hour

President Barack Obama says the late civil rights activist Julian Bond was a hero and friend, and that he and first lady Michelle Obama have benefited from Bond's example, counsel and friendship.

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Julian Bond, a major figure in the 1960s civil rights movement who served as a longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. He was 75.

By Associated Press

To mark the 2011 opening of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington D.C., Washington Post photographer Nikki Khan created a portrait series featuring civil rights leaders who have carried on the legacy of King.

By Production DA