Oral history interview with Vernon E. Jordan [electronic resource], 1981

Biographical Note

Lawyer, civil rights activist.

Scope and Contents

Early life and career; United Negro College Fund executive director, 1970-71: foundation and corporate fund raising, member institutions, reorganization and recruitment, publicity campaigns, private contributions, rap sessions, creation of Communications, Women's and Institutional Service Divisions; impressions of Frederick Patterson, John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Cyrus Vance, Edna Jones, William Trent.

Subjects

• African American lawyers--Interviews.
• African Americans--Education.
• Educational fund raising.
• Goodson, Martia, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), 1935---Interviews.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• United Negro College Fund.