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Tributes As Vernon Jordan, Civil Rights Activist And Power Broker, Dies At 85

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5 years ago

March 2, 2021

Tributes As Vernon Jordan, Civil Rights Activist And Power Broker, Dies At 85

Vernon Jordan, the civil rights lawyer who built a career as a power broker in politics and business, has died at age 85.

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 8: Vernon Jordan Jr., the head of U.S. President-elect Bill Clinton’s transition team, tells reporters 08 November 1992, that he has no time to talk. Jordan was leaving NBC’s Washington studio after appearing on “Meet the Press”. (Photo credit should read JENNIFER LAW/AFP via Getty Images)

Jordan “passed away peacefully last evening surrounded by loved ones,” his daughter, Vickee Jordan, said in a statement sent to NPR. “We appreciate all of the outpouring of love and affection.”

A native of Atlanta, Jordan attended DePauw University before earning his law degree at Howard University. Soon after graduating, he devoted himself to ending discrimination against Black Americans in the fight for equal rights. In 1992-93, he chaired President Bill Clinton’s transition team, and for decades he remained a friend and adviser to Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Jordan played an important role in desegregating education in the South, particularly at the college level. In the early 1960s, he became the Georgia field director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and he famously helped escort Charlayne Hunter through a crowd of white protesters at the University of Georgia in 1961.

“An icon to the world and a lifelong friend to the NAACP, his contribution to moving our society toward justice is unparalleled,” NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said, noting that his organization had honored Jordan for his lifetime of activism.

“His exemplary life will shine as a guiding light for all that seek truth and justice for all people,” Johnson said.

Reflecting on the arc of civil rights in his lifetime, Jordan once compared watching Nelson Mandela walking free from prison in South Africa to seeing Barack Obama being declared president-elect of the U.S.

Jordan said he watched both of those major events alone, sitting in front of a television.

“I did not think I would live to see this day,” he told NPR’s Michel Martin in the weeks after Obama’s victory in 2008.

During his long career, Jordan had stints leading both the National Urban League and the United Negro College Fund. He also worked in voter education and was an attorney consultant for the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity.

Jordan has received dozens of honorary degrees – including the University of Pennsylvania, where he delivered the commencement address to his daughter’s graduating class. But that speech only happened after Vickee Jordan gave her approval.

As Jordan told NPR, his daughter initially told university administrators that she would rather have her father in the stands than on stage during her graduation.

Jordan recalled, “I was not surprised when she told President [Martin] Meyerson, ‘Why can’t my dad just sit in the audience like other daddies?'”

But then came a change of heart, and the speech went ahead.

“I said, ‘Well listen, Vickee, what about all that is ordinary daddy stuff, me sitting like an ordinary dad?’

“And she said, ‘Well, I’ve decided that you’re not an ordinary daddy.”

In the business world, Vernon was sought out to join corporate boards and advisory panels. He was a partner emeritus at the Akin Gump law firm and a senior managing director at Lazard Frères & Co., a financial company in New York.

“We have lost a great man today,” said Kim Koopersmith, chairperson of Akin Gump, calling Jordan “a wise and trusted mentor and friend who, in all that he did, inspired us to be the best possible version of ourselves.”

“His generosity was boundless, and his guidance was unassailable and delivered with a purposefulness and moral clarity that will never be equaled,” Koopersmith said. “In so many respects, Vernon was one of a kind, and his enormous contributions — to our firm, to our country, and to us as individuals — will be greatly missed.”

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Beauty Meets Glamour as Olaide Ogunyemi Opens New Studio in Mushin

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April 5, 2026

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Beauty Meets Glamour as Olaide Ogunyemi Opens New Studio in Mushin

Popular Nollywood actress and professional makeup artiste, Olaide Ogunyemi Oluwayemisi aka Damilola, has expanded her footprint in the beauty industry with the grand opening of her new makeup studio in Lagos.

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Daniel Eromosele Eulogize Adams Oshiomole as he turns 74 years

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Daniel Eromosele Eulogize Adams Oshiomole as he turns 74 years

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Accolades to Empress Genevieve Wining as she Celebrate birthday in Grand style

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Accolades to Empress Genevieve Wining as she Celebrate birthday in Grand style

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Vilnius, Lithuania – The Grand Hotel Vilnius will host a grand birthday celebration in honor of Her Majesty The Empress Genevieve Wining of the United Kingdom of Atlantis (UKA) on April 4th, 2026.

The four-day event promises to be an extravagant affair, marking the special birthday of Empress Genevieve Wining. The celebration will take place at the prestigious Grand Hotel Vilnius, Lithuania, renowned for its luxurious ambiance and exceptional service.

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The Empress Genevieve Wining of UKA is expected to grace the event, which will include various festivities and celebrations in her honor. The occasion aims to bring together dignitaries, followers, and guests to commemorate the empress’s birthday with grandeur and joy.

For media inquiries, accreditation, or further information about the birthday celebration of The Empress Genevieve Wining of UKA, please contact the event organizers.

Courtesy of His Excellency Emperor Prof. Solomon Wining. UKA