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Julian Bond

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Julian Bond gained national recognition as a civil rights activist, longtime board chairman of the NAACP and co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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1968

Nomitated for vice president

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Bond leads a delegation to the Democratic National Convention, where he receives a nomination for the U.S. vice presidency, but he declines, saying he is too young.