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Mar 2, 2021 · By Neil A. Lewis. Published March 2, 2021 Updated March 9, 2021. Vernon E. Jordan Jr., the civil rights leader and Washington power broker whose private counsel was sought in the highest echelons ...
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A graduate of Howard University School of Law, Jordan began his work as a civil rights activist while working as a young lawyer in Atlanta. His firm sued the University of Georgia for its discriminatory admissions policies. Jordan rose to become the state field director for the NAACP and held several other leadership roles before being named execut...
Jordan became close friends with Clinton two decades before he became president, and that friendship continued as Clinton ran for president and entered the White House. Jordan was among the president’s closest confidants and advisors, and he played a notable role in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, including helping the former intern find a job outside...
“Throughout my career and my professional life, I have been able to go to sleep at night confident that whatever negotiations I did that day I have been able to do the right thing. That’s been my guide even when people didn’t understand it.” —from a 1996 interview with the New York Times
Mar 2, 2021 · Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and close adviser to former President Bill Clinton, died Monday evening. He was 85. A cause of death was not immediately released. Jordan died peacefully at ...
Mar 2, 2021 · Updated at 2:35 p.m. ET. Vernon Jordan, the civil rights lawyer who built a career as a power broker in politics and business, has died at age 85. Jordan "passed away peacefully last evening ...
Mar 2, 2021 · Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr., was born in Atlanta on Aug. 15, 1935, the second of Vernon and Mary Belle Jordan’s three sons. Until Jordan was 13, the family lived in public housing.
Mar 2, 2021 · Vernon Jordan, in a 2018 interview with the Financial Times Jordan was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1935. His mother ran a successful catering business and as a teen, Jordan would often join her ...
Mar 2, 2021 · Vernon E. Jordan Jr., the civil rights leader and Washington power broker whose private counsel was sought both by the powerful at the top levels of government and those in the corporate world ...
