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The Life and Work of Architect J. Max Bond, JR. (1935-2009) [this Project Is a Study of the Life and Work of Architect J. Max Bond, JR. the Most Prominent African American Architect in the Late 20TH Century, Bond Maintained a Lifelong Commitment to Architecture as a Tool in the Civil Rights Struggle. in a Career That Spanned Harlem and Accra, Harvard and Tuskegee, Bond Shaped an Approach That Strove to Include Broad Participation, Escape Eurocentric Biases, and Celebrate the People?especially Black People?who Lived in Urban Places. in Doing So, Bond Sought to Hold Modernism to Its Utopian Promise Through the Lens of Racial Justice. Though Bond Achieved Atypical Success in a Dominantly White Profession, He Was Often Marginalized and Much of His Work Remains Overlooked. in Centering Bond, This Study Offers a New Perspective on the History of Modern Architecture. More Urgently, It Offers a Model for What an Architectural Practice Can Look Like That Seeks to Shape a More Just World?while Revealing the Lasting Barriers to the Creation of That World.]