Clarence Page: Remembering Vernon Jordan, a different kind of civil rights leader
As one who covered Vernon Jordan off and on for several decades, I remember how he defied easy labels. You had to get to know him. There was a lot about him to know.
His outsize personality, courtly manner, commanding presence, historic impact, strategic thinking and robust — occasionally ribald — humor were not easily contained in the shorthand of daily journalism.
Jordan, who died Monday at age 85, was often classified
