NAACP Online. "Julian Bond." (2000) Retrieved August 14, 2000 from the
World Wide Web:
http://www.naacp.org/leadership/bond.shtml.
In 1998, Julian Bond was chosen as chairman of the board of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). On the
NAACP's Web site, you can find a brief overview of Bond's life and
his accomplishments which span over 40 years. His accomplishments
include:
- founded the Atlanta student sit-in movement in 1960
- founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee (SNCC) in 1960
- elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1965 at the age of 25 where
he served for more than 20 years (Because of his affirmation of the SNCC statement
against the war in Vietnam, he was refused his seat in the legislature until after
winning two more re-elections for his own vacant seat and a unamimous decision by the
U.S. Supreme Court.)
- served as co-chair of a successful challenge delegation from Georgia to the 1968
Democratic National Convention (He was nominated as a Vice Presidential candidate but
was ineligible because he was only 28 years old.)
- holds nineteen honorary degrees, is a Distinguished Professor at American University
and is a Professor in history at the University of Virginia
- narrated the award winning documentaries "A Time for Justice" and
"Eyes on the Prize"
- and even hosted Saturday Night Live in 1977
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