History Prof. Julian Bond was reappointed as Chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, by a unanimous vote during its 92nd annual board meeting held early February.
Bond now is serving his fourth term and has been chairman since 1998. He previously served as a member of the NAACP Board of Directors.
"The NAACP was looking for commitment to service and civil rights," NAACP spokeswoman Shelia Douglas said. "Someone like Mr. Bond with lifelong background in civil rights is certainly deemed a great candidate for chairman which is why he was reelected."
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The first goal of Bond's next term will be "to make the organization as strong as it can be," Bond said.
His second goal is to make sure that whenever race relations are discussed, NAACP views are brought up, he said.
Bond said his main objective is to "make the NAACP bigger, better, stronger, more aggressive and involved in every debate in America about race relations."
Bond has been active in the civil rights movement since he attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. He was arrested for sitting in at a segregated cafeteria at the Atlanta City Hall.
Bond served four terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and six terms in the state senate.
Bond currently serves as a professor in the history department at the University. He also works in the history department at American University in Washington, D.C.
Dean of Admissions John A. Blackburn said he believes Bond's presence adds to the appeal of the University.
Having Bond on the faculty draws "not just minority students, but all students," he said.
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