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The long and storied career of Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. one of the
nation's finest speakers, has carried him from work on the civil
rights front lines in the South to the National Urban League to
positions of influence at the highest level of business and
politics. A friend and confidant to presidents, Vernon Jordan has
never forgotten the men and women, from Wiley Branton to Martin
Luther King, from Fannie Lou Hamer to Whitney Young to Primus King,
whose oratorical skill in service to social justice deeply
influenced him. Their examples, and voices, mixed with Vernon's own
make this book both a history and an embodiment of black speech at
its finest, full of emotion, controlled force, righteous
indignation, love of country, and awe in front of the challenges
ahead.
As a young college student in Atlanta, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. had a
summer job driving a white banker around town. During the man's
post-luncheon siestas, Jordan passed the time reading books, a fact
that astounded his boss."Vernon can read!" the man exclaimed to his
relatives. Nearly fifty years later, Vernon Jordan, now a senior
executive at Lazard Freres, long-time civil rights leader, adviser
and close friend to presidents and business leaders and one of the
most charismatic figures in America, has written an unforgettable
book about his life and times. The story of Vernon Jordan's life
encompasses the sweeping struggles, changes, and dangers of
African-American life in the civil rights revolution of the second
half of the twentieth century.
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