April 2, 1985 - Is arrested outside the South African Embassy while protesting against apartheid.

1986 - Loses election for U.S. House of Representatives to John Lewis.

March 1987 - Bond's estranged wife, Alice, makes public accusations that Bond and other Atlanta public figures are cocaine users. She later retracts her statements.

1990 - Is ordered to pay $2,000 a month in child support to Deborah Kaye Moore after acknowledging he is the father of her daughter, Mia Moore.

1992-2012 - Professor at the University of Virginia teaching courses on civil rights.

1998-2010 - Chairman of the NAACP.

2002 - Receives the National Freedom Award.