Anita Lyons Bond
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Anita Lyons Bond (July 6, 1930 – August 15, 2025) was 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 lectured at many universities on Black Studies.[3] She 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 Saint Louis University.[1] She was a member of The Links.[5]: 108
Bond died on August 15, 2025, at the age of 95.[6]
