At that time, Bond was communications director of SNCC.
The challengers were successful in unseating Georgia's regular Democrats, and Bond was nominated for Vice-President, but had to decline because he was too young. President Bush entered Washington saying he wanted to change the tone in Washington. Bond welcomed the high court decision but was not surprised by it. From 1960 to 1963, he led student protests against segregation in public facilities in Georgia. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the lower court decision and ruled in Bond's favor. From 1965 to 1975, he served as a Democratic member in the Georgia House for four terms. At that time, Bond was communications director of SNCC. And whomever the next president is, we hope we have a good relationship with him or her, but if we don't, we are not going to hesitate to speak truth to power.
He was co-chair of a challenge delegation from Georgia to the 1968 Democratic Convention. The holder of twenty-three honorary degrees, he is a Distinguished Professor at American University in Washington, DC, and a Professor in history at the University of Virginia. He went on to serve six terms in the Georgia Senate from 1975-86. Wednesday will rate members of Congress on key issues and votes. And too often, one political party is shameless and the other is spineless.