Anita Lyons Bond

Anita Lyons Bond (July 6, 1930 – August 15, 2025)[1] was an American civil rights activist and academic, who became the first black woman to graduate with honors from Saint Louis University.[2][3]

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 lectured at many universities on Black Studies.[4] She achieved national attention for her courses in speech correction and her strong advocacy of equal human rights.[5] In 2015, she was awarded an honorary PhD in humanities by Saint Louis University.[2] She was a member of The Links.[6]: 108 

References

  1. ^ Bond, Candace (August 16, 2025). "St. Louis icon Anita Lyons Bond passes Friday". The St. Louis American. St. Louis, Missouri. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Anita Lyons Bond awarded honorary PhD by alma mater SLU". The St Louis American. July 8, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  3. ^ "Weddings". Jet. Vol. VI, no. 10. Johnson Publishing Company. July 15, 1954. p. 44.
  4. ^ "Bond, Anita Lyons Search Aid" (PDF). Missouri State History Society. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Les Bond and Anita Bond". St Louis Post Dispatch. March 26, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
  6. ^ 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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