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Apr 26, 2024 · Vernon Jordan, American attorney, civil rights leader, business consultant, and influential power broker. Although he never held political office, Jordan served as a key adviser in the 1990s to U.S. President Bill Clinton. Learn more about Jordan’s life and career.
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May 2, 2024 · Jordan assumed leadership of the National Urban League at a crucial moment in history, after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and the Fair Housing Act. The broad, legal goals of the 20th Century Civil Rights Movement had been achieved.
Apr 29, 2024 · “Vernon assumed leadership of the National Urban League at a crucial moment in history, after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and the Fair Housing Act. The broad, legal goals of the 20thCentury Civil Rights Movement had been achieved.
2 days ago · – Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., National Urban League Executive Director, 1971-1981 As the leader of the nation’s largest historic civil rights organization, I am keenly aware of my responsibility to carry a legacy dating back more than 100 years.
4 days ago · : 397 The civil rights leader Vernon E. Jordan said that Marshall had "demonstrat[ed] that the law could be an instrument of liberation", while Chief Justice William Rehnquist gave a eulogy in which he said: "Inscribed above the front entrance to the Supreme Court building are the words 'Equal justice under law'. Surely no one individual did ...
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Clarence Thomas
Apr 28, 2024 · April 28, 1951. Ruby Hurley opened the first permanent office of the NAACP in the South. Her introduction to civil rights activism began when she helped organize Marian Anderson’s 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Four years later, she became national youth secretary for the NAACP. In 1951, she opened the organization’s office in ...
6 days ago · “We knew it was important to include some of the leading Civil Rights figures and we were fortunate to have in the film Jesse Jackson, Congressman John Lewis, Vernon Jordan, Otis Moss, Jr.,...
