Civil rights activist Vernon Jordan introduces former President Bill Clinton during the Civil Rights Summit on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett) By: The ...

Former President Bill Clinton remembered Jordan as someone who "never gave up on his friends or his country." Jordan "brought his big brain and strong heart to everything and everybody he touched.

Vernon Jordan had a storied career as a civil rights leader, lawyer, close adviser to Bill Clinton, and former president of the National Urban League. tara mahadevan March 2, 2021 Share Image via ...

President Clinton became the first U.S. president to deliver an Ubben Lecture. America's 42nd president was introduced by his friend since the early 1970s and longtime adviser, Vernon Jordan, a 1957 ...