Vernon Can Read - A Memoir

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext From the civil rights revolution to the halls of power! the life story of a truly larger than life figure: Vernon E. Jordan! Jr. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Annette Gordon-Reed, Annette Jordan Gordon-Reed, Vernon Jordan, Vernon E. Jordan, Vernon E. Jr. Jordan, Vernon Jordan Jr
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2008
• EAN: 9781586486709
• ISBN: 978-1-58648-670-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 32 mm
• Assisted by: Annette Gordon-Reed, Vernon Jordan
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs