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From Jim Crow to Wall Street: Vernon Jordan Turns 80
Aug 14, 2015 5:00 AM EDT
... As a young man in Jim Crow Georgia, his first job was chauffeuring a white banker who was shocked that he could read. Now he counts some of America's most wealthy and powerful citizens as friends and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are proud to call him a mentor ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-08-14/from-living-under-jim-crow-to-living-large-on-wall-street-vernon-jordan-turns-80
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