At the NAACP Convention in Cincinnati, where Barack Obama is slated to speak tomorrow, chairman Julian Bond cautioned Americans against thinking that the candidate's success marked the end of our countries racial problems, although he granted that it is a "high point."

"We know that Obama's electoral success — even if he should win the ultimate prize — won't signal an end to racial discrimination, but it does mark the high point of an interracial movement that dates back to the Underground Railroad," Bond said, referring to Cincinnati's historical role in helping fleeing slaves reach freedom.

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As I mentioned briefly earlier today, Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP, sent a letter to the DNC calling on officials to solve the problem of Michigan and Florida's delegates, which won't have a seat at the convention because Florida and Michigan election officials defied DNC rules by holding their primaries before Super Tuesday.

In a Feb. 8 letter to DNC Chairman Howard Dean, NAACP chairman Julian Bond expressed "great concern at the prospect that million of voters in Michigan and Florida could ultimately have their votes completely discounted." Refusing to seat the states' delegations could remind voters of the "sordid history of racially discriminatory primaries," he said.

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