Vernon Can Read!
- Authors
- Jordan, Vernon, Gordon-Reed, Annette
- Publisher
- Public Affairs
- Tags
- biography , history
- ISBN
- 9780786726370
- Date
- 2001-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.30 MB
- Lang
- en
Vernon Jordan has made the advancement of civil rights his life's goal. As a boy in Atlanta, he learned from his parents how to survive in a Jim Crow world. After graduating from a predominantly white college, he built a legal career, helped desegegrate the University of Georgia, became a field director for the NAACP, and ran the United Negro College Fund and the National Urban League. Jordan's tale is an American success story.