Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain
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A panel discussion on the life of Vernon Jordan.
Dawn Porter, the director of “Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain,” sat down with Ken Chenault, The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., for a panel discussion on the life of Vernon Jordan. This is a recording of a live event that took place December 15, 2020.
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Major Funding for VERNON JORDAN: MAKE IT PLAIN was provided by the Ford Foundation and Ford Foundation/Just Films, and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain
Film Preview and Panel Discussion
Clip: Season 1 | 1h 14m 19sVideo has Closed Captions
Dawn Porter, the director of “Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain,” sat down with Ken Chenault, The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., for a panel discussion on the life of Vernon Jordan. This is a recording of a live event that took place December 15, 2020.
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Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain
"Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain" explores Vernon Jordan’s rise from the segregated South, his tenure as the head of several civil rights organizations, and his current position as a partner at a corporate law firm and financial behemoth Lazard.
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Major Funding for VERNON JORDAN: MAKE IT PLAIN was provided by the Ford Foundation and Ford Foundation/Just Films, and by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.