Vernon Jordan

I believe a Dream without execution is a Hallucination. In This Book you'll find these Characters to be the people we know and love. A day in the Feds: is about a young man doing time, trying to find balance once religion enters his life, and he realizes the influence of dissension and controversy that arise in ranks of a believer. Taymir must make a choice - stay grounded in the reality of Islam or live a lifestyle that denies the profession of his faith. In Criminal minded one-on-one: the complex mind and thoughts, of a career offender (Marvell) trying to re-enter society and his family's life under the weight of real-life pressure, opinions, advice, observations, and experiences. Frazier Family Session: Marvell invites his family to a counseling session to look at the "Life Cycle" of his family's dysfunctional state; from what seems to be perceived by them as normal, but the dysfunction stems from generations of bad advice and so-called tough love. As bad as we may think our circumstances are, nobody's situation is hopeless. The first step is and always will be "Acknowledgement."

The long and storied career of Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. one of the nation's finest speakers, has carried him from work on the civil rights front lines in the South to the National Urban League to positions of influence at the highest level of business and politics. A friend and confidant to presidents, Vernon Jordan has never forgotten the men and women, from Wiley Branton to Martin Luther King, from Fannie Lou Hamer to Whitney Young to Primus King, whose oratorical skill in service to social justice deeply influenced him. Their examples, and voices, mixed with Vernon's own make this book both a history and an embodiment of black speech at its finest, full of emotion, controlled force, righteous indignation, love of country, and awe in front of the challenges ahead.

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. Nearly fifty years later, Vernon Jordan, now a senior executive at Lazard Freres, long-time civil rights leader, adviser and close friend to presidents and business leaders and one of the most charismatic figures in America, has written an unforgettable book about his life and times. The story of Vernon Jordan's life encompasses the sweeping struggles, changes, and dangers of African-American life in the civil rights revolution of the second half of the twentieth century.