Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), Jr., 1935-2021

found: NUCMC data from Library of Congress, Manuscript Division for Harris, P. Papers, 1950-1983(Vernon E. Jordan)

found: WWA, 1982-1983(Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr.; lawyer and urban league official; b. 1935)

found: NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center for His Interview, 1968(Vernon Jordan, 1935-; Director, Voter Education Project, Southern Regional Council)

found: Rummel, Jack. African-American social leaders and activists, ©2003:pages 118-119 (Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr., lawyer, civil rights activist, Urban League director, born in August 15, 1935 in Atlanta, Georgia. Enrolled at DePauw University in Indiana in 1953 where he was the only black student; graduated in 1957. Moved to Washington, D.C. and enrolled in Howard University's law school, graduating with an LL.B. in 1960. Returned to Atlanta where he worked for the NAACP. Moved to Arkansas and opened a law firm, later returned to Atlanta. Hired as the executive director of the Urban League in 1971. Shot and wounded by a racist gunman in Fort Wayne, Indiana, spent four months in the hospital, and decided to become a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. in 1981.)

found: The Washington Post, via www, 3 March 2021:(Vernon E. Jordan Jr., lawyer and D.C. political power broker, dies at 85; Mr. Jordan died March 1 at his home in Washington)