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Vernon Jordan began life in one of the first public housing projects in America and ended life as a fixture in our country’s halls of power. Along the way, he became a foot soldier for civil rights, a trusted friend and counselor to presidents, and a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Vernon navigated America’s boardrooms with an activist’s heart, working the levers of power in service of progress. And the countless business and political leaders who turned to Vernon for guidance did so because when he spoke, you could hear in his rich baritone the belief in an America that was capable of becoming an ever-more perfect union. It was a journey he’d lived. As a young lawyer, he went home to Georgia, to battle against unjust systems in the segregated South. As president of the National Urban League, he fought for economic justice because he knew that a job brought with it more than a paycheck; it brought dignity. As a civil rights leader shot in the back by a white ....
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Bill Clinton taking the Oath of Office on January 20, 1993. (Image Source: Library of Congress). On Jan. 20, 1993, spring came early. That day marked the inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton to the presidency. The rhetoric surrounding the event evoked a changing season, a transformation of the earth, a departure from the twelve years of Republican rule that preceded this Democratic president-elect. At his inauguration ceremony, Clinton remarked: “Today, we pledge that the era of deadlock and drift is over … A new season of American renewal has begun.” [1] He also said: “You, my fellow Americans, have forced the spring. Now we must do the work the season demands.” ....
MLK in Kansas City Share this story Published January 18th, 2021 at 6:00 AM Above image credit: During one visit to Kansas City during the 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr. sat for an interview with longtime Kansas City broadcaster Walt Bodine and his colleague Bill Griffith. (Courtesy | LaBudde Special Collections, UMKC University Libraries) She had been sent to get an interview and she would get it, but not without some help. Her assignment: talk to the Black minister, civil rights leader and 1964 Nobel Peace Prize winner – Martin Luther King, Jr. – who had just flown into Kansas City. “I saw him in the airport corridor,” said Helen Gray, the first Black woman hired as a reporter by the Kansas City Star-Times. ....
won t sign a deal unless the nature of the iranian regime completely that is i think a fundamental misjudgment. we want iran not to have nuclear weapons precisely because we can t bank on the nature of the regime changing. the president laying out the logic of the agreement under the framework, iran would scale back its nuclear program and accept inspections. in return for lifted sanctions now. the fight turns to congress. already the attacks from republicans are getting ugly. probably the best deal that barack obama could get with the iranians because the iranians don t fear nor do they respect him and our allies in the region don t trust the president. obama is a flawed negotiator. nobody in the region trust him. the iranians do not fear or respect him. the gop attacks are predictable, but what s interesting is some democrats are open to a republican bill giving congress the power to approve or deny the lifting of sanctions before a june deadline. i do belie ....