Then last month, when The Sun published details about his abrupt departure from the NAACP, based on a review of former NAACP Chairman Julian Bond’s records, Mfume pointed to the former endorsement as one of his bona fides. And law professor and Mfume surrogate Larry Gibson followed up with a letter to the editor in which he referenced the 2006 endorsement, arguing it was important context to what he called “the gender accusations" against Mfume.