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2009:

  1. Inauguration coverage
    Inauguration coverage

    with Vernon Jordan, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Al Hunt and more on Jan 20, 2009

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2008:

  1. Daily Highlights Monday November 24, 2008
    Daily Highlights Monday November 24, 2008

    with Vernon Jordan, Harold Ickes and Steven Pearlstein on Nov 26, 2008

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    6 min
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  2. A conversation with Vernon Jordan
    A conversation with Vernon Jordan

    with Vernon Jordan on Nov 24, 2008

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    27 min
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2001:

  1. A rebroadcast of an hour with civil rights activist Vernon Jordan
    A rebroadcast of an hour with civil rights activist Vernon...

    with Vernon Jordan on Dec 25, 2001

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    54 min
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  2. A conversation with civil rights activist and author Vernon Jordan
    A conversation with civil rights activist and author...

    with Vernon Jordan on Nov 1, 2001

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    40 min
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Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr. is an African American lawyer and business executive. He served as a close advisor to President Bill Clinton, and become known as an influential figure in American politics. In the early 1960s, Jordan served as the Georgia field director for the NAACP. In 1970 he became executive director of the United Negro College Fund and later president of the National Urban League between 1972 and 1981.

Vernon is Senior Managing Director with Lazard Freres & Co. LLC, an investment banking firm, from January 2000 to the present. He is also currently a member of the board of directors of multiple corporations, including American Express, J.C. Penny Corporation, Xerox and others. In 2001, Jordan was awarded the Springarn Medal and in 2006 he served as a member of the Iraq Study Group

Source-Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Jordan,_Jr.