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Image of the cover of the book Vernon Can Read!, the autobiography of civil rights activist Vernon Jordan. The cover features a photograph of Jordan resting his left hand on his face.Published by PublicAffairs in 2001 and cowritten with law professor Annette Gordon-Reed, the book chronicles Jordan's years with the NAACP, the United Negro College Fund, and the National Urban League.
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Gordon-Reed, Annette
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Keywords

  1. African American Authors
  2. African American Civic Leaders
  3. African American Civil Rights Workers
  4. African American Lawyers
  5. African Americans
  6. Atlanta
  7. Autobiography
  8. Books
  9. Civic Leaders
  10. Civil Rights
  11. Civil Rights Workers
  12. Georgia
  13. Lawyers

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