Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain

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Clip: Season 1 | 1h 14m 19s  | Video has closed captioning.

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.

Aired: 12/16/20

Rating: NR

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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

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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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