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Vernon Jordan
Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr. (born August 15, 1935) is an American business executive and civil rights activist in the United States. A leading figure in the Civil Rights Movement, he was chosen by President Bill Clinton as a close adviser. Jordan has become known as an influential figure in American politics.
==Early life and education==
Vernon Jordan was born in Georgia, to Mary Jordan and Vernon E. Jordan, Sr; he has a brother, Windsor. He is the cousin of James Shaw, a musician who is professionally billed as The Mighty Hannibal.
Jordan grew up with his family in Atlanta's segregated society during the 1950s. He was an honor graduate of David Tobias Howard High School. Rejected for a summer intern's job with an insurance company because of his race after his sophomore year in college, he earned money for a few summers for college by working as a chauffeur to former city mayor Robert Maddox, then a banker. Jordan graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, in 1957.〔(Vernon Jordan: More than a "First Friend" ), ''The Harbus Online,'' 12/03/2001〕 In an interview with Robert Penn Warren for the book ''Who Speaks for the Negro?'', Jordan described his difficulties at DePauw as the only black student in a class of 400. He went on to earn a law degree at Howard University School of Law in 1960. He is a member of the Omega Psi Phi and Sigma Pi Phi fraternities.
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