NAACP Chairman Julian Bond Changes Mind, Will Seek Another Term: Just weeks after announcing he would not seek another term as chairman of the NAACP, longtime civil rights activist Julian Bond changed his mind.
“I will be a candidate for Chairman when the Board convenes in February,” said Bond in a written statement. “This decision was made by the flood of written, telephoned, mailed and e-mailed appeals I received asking me to reconsider. I am eternally grateful to all those who contacted me.”
Bond was elected as the Chairman of the Board of NAACP in 1998. An active member of the civil rights movement, Bond helped to found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a group responsible for organizing sit-ins, freedom rides and rallies during the 1960s. As SNCC’s communications director, Bond was active in protests and voter registration campaigns throughout the South.
