Anita Lyons Bond
Anita Lyons Bond is an American civil rights activist and academic, who became the first black woman to graduate with honors from Saint Louis University.[1][2]
Bond was an advocate for education, equality, and civil rights. She was a community leader and was elected in 1974 as the president of the St. Louis Board of Education. She has lectured at many universities on Black Studies.[3] She has achieved national attention for her courses in speech correction and her strong advocacy of equal human rights.[4] In 2015, she was awarded an honorary PhD in humanities by St Louis University.[1] She is a member of The Links.[5]: 108
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Anita Lyons Bond awarded honorary PhD by alma mater SLU". The St Louis American. July 8, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (1954-07-15). Jet. Johnson Publishing Company.
- ^ "Bond, Anita Lyons Search Aid" (PDF). Missouri State History Society. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ^ "Les Bond and Anita Bond". St Louis Post Dispatch. March 26, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ^ Graham, Lawrence Otis (2014). Our kind of people. [Place of publication not identified]: HarperCollins e-Books. ISBN 978-0-06-187081-1. OCLC 877899803.
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