Vernon Jordan (1935–2021) was an American business executive and civil rights attorney. After growing up in the
racially segregated society of the Southern United States, Jordan graduated from
DePauw University in
Indiana as the only black student in a class of 400. He went on to work for various organizations involved in the
civil rights movement, first as a lawyer and then as an activist, before becoming a political advisor to President
Bill Clinton in the 1990s. This photograph shows Jordan working on a voter education program in 1967, seated at a desk with a typewriter at the offices of the
Southern Regional Council in Atlanta.Photograph credit: Warren K. Leffler; restored by
Adam Cuerden
Vernon Jordan (1935–2021) was an American business executive and civil rights attorney. After growing up in the
racially segregated society of the Southern United States, Jordan graduated from
DePauw University in
Indiana as the only black student in a class of 400. He went on to work for various organizations involved in the
civil rights movement, first as a lawyer and then as an activist, before becoming a political advisor to President
Bill Clinton in the 1990s. This photograph shows Jordan working on a voter education program in 1967, seated at a desk with a typewriter at the offices of the
Southern Regional Council in Atlanta.Photograph credit: Warren K. Leffler; restored by
Adam Cuerden