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Vernon Jordan   1935-2021

Mr. Jordan in 1967 working on voter registration

at the Southern Regional Council in Atlanta.

Photograph: Warren K Leffler

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Vernon Jordan, Civil Rights Leader and D.C. Power Broker, Dies at 85

Mr. Jordan,

who was selected to head the National Urban League

while still in his 30s,

counseled presidents and business leaders.

NYT

March 2, 2021    Updated 1:02 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/02/
us/vernon-jordan-dead.html

Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr.    1935-2021

civil rights lawyer

who built a career

as a power broker

in politics and business

(...)

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 Clinton transition team,

and for decades,

he remained a friend and advisor

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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