Photo: #In 1968, Julian Bond, now chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was the first African-American man to be nominated by a major party as a candidate for the vice presidency.
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In 1968, Julian Bond, now chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was the first African-American man to be nominated by a major party as a candidate for the vice presidency. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Civil rights then and now

Broadcast: Midday, 10/01/2009, 11:00 a.m.

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NAACP chairman Julian Bond reflects on the state of the civil rights movement now that a black man is president of the United States.

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