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Mar 2, 2021 · ‘The last thing he’d ever do is betray a friendship,’ President Clinton once said of Jordan, the former National Urban League head. Civil rights leader, Democratic strategist and presidential insider Vernon Jordan died at his home in Washington D.C. Monday evening at age 85. Jordan was the former president of the National Urban League and became a close adviser to President Bill Clinton ...
Mar 2, 2021 · Vernon Jordan, a leading civil rights activist who became a close adviser to President Bill Clinton, has died. He was 85. Jordan worked for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored ...
Mar 2, 2021 · "Vernon Jordan was a giant in the civil rights community and in our nation overall," said Damon Hewitt, acting president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
Mar 2, 2021 · WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vernon Jordan, who grew up in the segregated South to become an influential leader in the American civil rights movement, Washington politics and Wall Street, has died at age 85, his daughter said on Tuesday. Jordan, who in 1980 was badly wounded by a white supremacist sniper in Indiana, died on Monday night peacefully ...
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 · Civil rights leader and former Bill Clinton advisor Vernon Jordan has died aged 85. His daughter Vickee Jordan said in a statement that he “passed away peacefully last evening surrounded by loved ones”. “We appreciate all of the outpouring of love and affection,” she added. He served as the executive director for the United Fund, which ...
Mar 4, 2021 · On March 1, 2021, civil rights activist, businessman and presidential advisor, Vernon Jordan passed away at the age of 85, in Washington, DC. He dedicated his life to promoting voting rights, economic rights and civil rights, as well as fighting against discrimination and segregation. Jordan was a powerhouse in Washington, DC, with his ...
