To Julian Bond from Kenneth Shaffer, Jr., 30 Oct 1967, with Bond's draft response

Box 213 Bethany Theological Seminary Butterfield and Meyers Roads Oak Brook, Illinois 60521 October 30, 1967

State Assembly Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Mr. Bond:

I am a student at Bethany Theological Seminary. As part of a Colloquium project, two other men and I are making a study of the New Politics Convention which was held in Chicago over the Labor Day weekend. A paper reporting our findings will be due at the end of November. Since you were one of the chairmen of the convention, we would like to have your views on the convention.

In particular we would like to know what you believe to have been the purpose of the convention, what you consider to be the most significant happenings at the convention and why you consider them most significant, what you believe is the future of New Politics and Black Power, and what you feel were the accomplishments of the convention.

Also, I would like to assure you that any information you give us will be used only in the class paper we are doing.

Sincerely yours,

[signed Kenneth Shaffer, Jr.]

Kenneth Shaffer, Jr.

Dear Mr. Shaffer:

Thank you for your letter. I wish I could find time to answer your questions. I assume you've seen reports of the NCNP Convention in the Village Voice, the Nation, Ramparts magazine, the New Republic as well as the regular press.

I was only in attendance for one day, and am therefore not a good source of information about the meeting.

Sincerely,