Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Vernon E. Jordan, 1981.Biographical NoteLawyer, civil rights activist.
Scope and ContentsEarly 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.
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