After months of resistance, the Georgia House of Representatives, facing mounting legal pressure and national scrutiny, finally voted to seat Julian Bond. Bond, a civil rights leader and outspoken critic of the Vietnam War, had been elected to the House in 1965 but was initially barred from taking his seat due to his anti-war stance. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this denial unconstitutional, affirming Bond’s right to free speech and legislative service. His eventual seating marked a significant victory for civil rights and political freedom.
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