As a young college student in Atlanta, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. had a summer job driving a white banker around town. During the man's post-luncheon siestas, Jordan passed the time reading books, a fact that astounded his boss. "Vernon can read " the man exclaimed to his relatives...
The civil rights leader, attorney, and former head of the National Urban League recounts his boyhood in segregated Atlanta, his career, and the social changes he helped to bring about.
From the civil rights revolution to the halls of power, the best-selling life story of a truly larger-than-life figure, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.