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 People (NAACP) and campaigned for voting rights before becoming president of the National Urban League. “Today, the world lost an influential figure in the fight for civil rights and American politics,” said Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, in a.
Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider, has died at 85.
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