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Vernon Jordan, Civil Rights Activist Who Advised Former President Clinton, Dead at 85 Author: CBS News Updated: 5:22 PM PST March 2, 2021
Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has died, according to a statement from his daughter. He was 85. My father passed away last night around 10p surrounded by loved ones his wife and daughter by his side, his daughter, Vickee Jordan Adams, said in a statement to CBS News. We appreciate everyone s thoughtfulness and prayers.
After stints as field secretary for the Georgia NAACP and executive director of the United Negro College Fund, he became head of the National Urban League, becoming the face of Black America s modern struggle for jobs and justice for more than a decade. He was nearly killed by a racist s bullet in 1980 before transitioning to business and p
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Vernon Jordan appears on CBS s “Face the Nation” in November 1980, six months after an assassination attempt at the Fort Wayne Marriott.
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In this Aug. 22, 1993, photo, President Bill Clinton is consoled by White House adviser Vernon Jordan after Clinton hit a bad shot at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs, Mass. Previous Next
Wednesday, March 03, 2021 1:00 am
Civil rights leader Vernon Jordan dies
Was 85; survived sniper s bullet at city hotel in 1980
TOM PELLEGRENE JR. | The Journal Gazette
Vernon Jordan, the civil rights leader and former National Urban League president who was nearly slain during a May 1980 shooting in Fort Wayne, has died at age 85.
Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has died at the age of 85.
Wednesday, 03 Mar 2021 10:24 AM MYT
Vernon Jordan (left) seen here with former US president Barack Obama at Howard University in Washington May 7, 2016. ― Reuters file pic
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WASHINGTON, March 3 ― Vernon Jordan, who grew up in the segregated South to become an influential leader in the American civil rights movement, Washington politics and Wall Street, has died at age 85, his daughter said yesterday.
Jordan, who in 1980 was badly wounded by a white supremacist sniper in Indiana, died on Monday night peacefully and “surrounded by loved ones,” daughter Vickee Jordan said in a statement.