Born November 8, 1904
Nashville, Tennessee

Died December 21, 1972
Atlanta, Georgia

College professor, administrator

Horace Bond. AP/Wide World Photo. Reproduced by permission.

"Horace Bond's mother named him in honor of Horace Mann's—the great Massachusetts educational reformer and abolitionist—antislavery activities."

Wayne J. Urban in his 1992 book Black Scholar: Horace Mann Bond, 1904–1972

Horace Bond was an extraordinary black American scholar and college administrator, dedicated to improving education for black Americans. He was determined and brilliant, not afraid to challenge long-held ideas. Bond rose to prominence during the Great Depression. During his career he authored several books and nearly one hundred articles on various black education topics in academic journals and popular magazines. He is most noted for two classic books on black education published during the Great Depression: The Education of the Negro in the American Social Order (1934) and Negro Education in Alabama: A Study in Cotton and...