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Vernon Eulion Jordan, Jr. (born August 15, 1935) is an African-American lawyer, business executive and civil rights activist in the United States.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Today is President's Day, which we mark with tributes to the 44 men who've held that office.
But while we honor their accomplishments, two events this month remind us we shouldn't ignore their failings.This month, Mimi Alford published "Once Upon A Secret," her account of an affair she had with John F. Kennedy in the White House which began while she was a 19-year-old intern. Historians agree the affair happened and are appalled by Alford's account of his sordid behavior, but many argue it had nothing to do with the performance of his public duties.And beginning tonight, PBS will air a four-hour documentary on Bill Clinton 's presidency as part of its "American Experience" series. Barak Goodman, the program's director and writer, says it will explore a president who was "a mass of contradictions, a man of great inspiring vision and soaring intelligence who has also done some of the dumbest things any president has ever done in office."He is referring to the controversy over Monica Lewi...It’s the time of year when Halloween thrill-seekers stalk graveyards in search of goblins and phantasms. I stalked a cemetery too, this week. For creatures even sca...
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