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Remembering the Legacy of Civil Rights Icon Vernon Jordan
Civil rights activist and political advisor Vernon Jordan died on Mar. 1. He was 85 years old. Jordan passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family after having his signature dinner and dessert.
“It was just the way he would have wanted it,” said Jordan’s niece Ann Walker, “We appreciate all of the outpourings of love and affection.”
The cause of death has not been released.
Vernon Jordan was born on Aug. 15 1935, in Atlanta, GA. He graduated from David T. Howard high school with honors and attended DePauw University in Greencastle, IN, where he was the only black student out of the 400 students in the class. After his second term of school, Jordan was rejected for a summer internship with an insurance company because of his race. Instead, he went on to earn money by working for a banker and as a chauffeur for former Atlanta mayor Robert Maddox. He later attended Howard University School of Law in Washingt
U.S. civil-rights pioneer Vernon Jordan, 85, possessed a joie de vivre one part Atlanta, one part Manhattan Published March 2, 2021
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The last “man to see” has seen his last day.
In a long line of Washington wise men – from Harry Hopkins to Edward Bennett Williams to Clark Clifford, all with the ear of presidents and the political grease to make things happen – there was no wise man quite like Vernon Jordan, the civil-rights leader who died Monday.
For those seeking fame and favours, counsel and consolation, Mr. Jordan was the man to see in America’s capital. He was flamboyant. He was boisterous. He survived an assassination attempt – and managed to wear a matching Halston robe and pajamas in the hospital. He was a giant in corporate boardrooms where often all the others around the table were white.
Vernon Jordan, lawyer and D.C. political power broker, dies at 85
Matt Schudel, The Washington Post
March 2, 2021
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Vernon Jordan, left, a confidant of President Bill Clinton s, exits a courthouse in Washington, D.C., after testifying before a grand jury in 1998.Washington Post photo by Robert A. Reeder
Vernon Jordan never held elective office, was never a member of the Cabinet and never even worked for the federal government. He was a lawyer who rarely appeared in court, a corporate kingmaker who was not a registered lobbyist, a political strategist who did not direct a campaign.
Yet Jordan was, for years, one of the most influential figures in Washington. With a commanding presence, personal charm and an inviolable sense of discretion, Jordan had a rare combination of talents that made him the confidant of presidents, congressional leaders, business executives and civil rights figures.
ATLANTA — Former presidents and everyday Americans were among those paying tribute Tuesday to Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and a close adviser to former President Bill Clinton. Jordan