Vernon Jordan

Vernon Jordan remembered for insight, dedication to freedom

March 9, 2021 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — An emotional former President Bill Clinton eulogized his longtime friend and advisor Vernon Jordan at a Tuesday memorial service, saying that in his civil rights work, in politics and in business, he was always in “the freedom business...

Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, dies at 85

By JEFF MARTIN and ERRIN HAINESMarch 2, 2021 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — 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...