Remember him well from the 90s. Indeed a commanding presence.
"Vernon can read!" Indeed. Shows the eye-rolling presumptions of the white power elite in the 1950s. The young Vernon was in college at that time and a powerful white lawyer and leader could still exclaim, "Vernon can read."
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Several years ago, Vernon Jordan walked up to me on the way to catching a plane in DCA, shook my hand and said, “Son, when you’re on TV, show some respect to those watching you and wear a tie.” I said “Yessir.” He smiled and walked off. I started wearing a tie the next day.
-------------------------------- If you think looting is bad wait until I tell you about civil forfeiture.
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