Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

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civil rights leader human lawyer political adviser

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. was a prominent American civil rights leader, lawyer, and presidential adviser who played a key role in advancing racial equality and economic opportunity in the late 20th century.

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Vernon E. Jordan Jr. canonical 5
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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
political adviser ⓘ
advisorTo Bill Clinton ⓘ
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Spingarn Medal ⓘ
boardMemberOf American Express ⓘ
Asbury Automotive Group ⓘ
Bankers Trust ⓘ
Dow Jones & Company ⓘ
J. C. Penney ⓘ
surface form: J.C. Penney

RJR Nabisco ⓘ
Revlon ⓘ
Xerox ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-08-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-03-01 ⓘ
educatedAt DePauw University ⓘ
Howard University School of Law ⓘ
employer Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld ⓘ
National Urban League ⓘ
Voter Education Project ⓘ
endTime 1981 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Jordan ⓘ
givenName Vernon ⓘ
knownFor adviser to President Bill Clinton ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English ⓘ
memberOf Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
notableWork Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir ⓘ
civil rights advocacy in the United States ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
political adviser ⓘ
participantIn American civil rights movement ⓘ
placeOfBirth Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld executive director of the United Negro College Fund ⓘ
president of the National Urban League ⓘ
senior managing director at Lazard ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Ann Dibble Jordan ⓘ
Shirley Yarbrough ⓘ
startTime 1971 ⓘ

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National Urban League → notableLeader → Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ⓘ
Howard University School of Law → notableAlumnus → Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vernon Jordan
Vernon → hasNotableBearer → Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vernon Jordan
Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir → author → Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ⓘ
Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir → mainSubject → Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ⓘ
Ann Dibble Jordan → spouse → Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ⓘ
Shirley Yarbrough → spouse → Vernon E. Jordan Jr. ⓘ