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98th Annual NAACP Convention: The NAACP’s Battles Are Much the Same as 100 Years Ago

By Julian Bond Editorial Board

The current issue is always free to everyone Note: This is the complete text of a speech by BlackCommentator Editorial Board member Julian Bond, Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors that was given at the NAACP’s 98th annual convention held this year at Cobo Hall in Detroit. To SCF Chairman Roy Levy Williams, Vice…

August 2, 2007 1 min read Free to read

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Note: This is the complete text of a speech by BlackCommentator Editorial Board member Julian Bond, Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors that was given at the NAACP’s 98th annual convention held this year at Cobo Hall in Detroit.

To SCF Chairman Roy Levy Williams, Vice Chair Roslyn Brock, President Emeritus Rupert Richardson, other members of the Board of Directors and SCF Trustees, Detroit Branch President Wendell Anthony, Interim CEO Dennis Hayes, NAACP staff, members, friends and guests, welcome to Detroit – home of the largest NAACP branch in the nation.

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BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board Member Julian Bond was Communications Director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from l960 until l965; today he is Distinguished Scholar in Residence in the School of Government at American University in Washington, DC and a Professor in the History Department at the University of Virginia. In February 2010, he stepped down after 12 terms as Chairman of the NAACP.) Click here to contact Mr. Bond.

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