During the 1968 presidential election, Bond led an alternate delegation from Georgia to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where he became the first African American to be nominated as a major-party candidate for Vice President of the United States.
Bond led an alternate delegation from Georgia to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. This was during the 1968 presidential election. He became the first African American. This was to be nominated as a major-party candidate for Vice President of the United States.