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Vernon Jordan (b. 1935)

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@ New Georgia Encyclopedia

Kirkland, W. Michael

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Encyclopedia article about Vernon Jordan, a lawyer and presidential adviser, who has been an influential figure in the civil rights movement and in American politics since the early 1960s. Jordan has served as field director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), executive director of the United Negro College Fund, executive director of the National Urban League, and head of the transition team for U.S. president Bill Clinton. Jordan attended DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana and later law school at Howard University, in Washington, D.C.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.

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