Description
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.
Author: Vernon Jordan
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 11/04/2008
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781586486709
ISBN10: 1586486705
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
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.
Author: Vernon Jordan
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 11/04/2008
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781586486709
ISBN10: 1586486705
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
About the Author
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. is a senior managing director of Lazard Frès & Co. LLC in New York. He was previously president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, executive director of the United Negro College Fund, Inc., and director of the Voter Education Project of the Southern Regional Council. He served as chairman of the Clinton Presidential Transition Team in 1992 and is senior counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP.