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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 surrounded by loved ones,” his daughter, Vickee Jordan, said in a statement sent to NPR. “We appreciate all of the outpourings of love and affection.”
A native of Atlanta, Jordan attended DePauw University before earning his law degree at Howard University. Soon after graduating, he devoted himself to ending discrimination against Black Americans in the fight for equal rights. In 1992-93, he chaired President Bill Clinton’s transition team, and for decades he remained a friend and adviser to Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Jordan played an important role in desegregating education in the South, particularly at the college level. In the early 1960s, he became the Georgia field director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and he famously helped escort Charlayne Hunter through a crowd of white protesters at the University of Georgia in 1961.
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Vernon Jordan has died at 85. He’s seen here in November of 1992 when he led then-President-elect Bill Clinton’s transition team.
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Mar 03, 2021 @ 16:40:10
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Mar 03, 2021 @ 21:29:26
WE NEED MANY MORE VERNON JORDANS.
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Mar 04, 2021 @ 17:06:03
So true, thanks for the comment. Please visit again!
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