United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981935/2021Vernon Jordan, an Atlanta native, rose to national prominence during the 1960s and 1970s as a lawyer and civil rights activist. As part of the legal team responsible for forcing the University of Georgia to admit African Americans, Jordan escorted Charlayne Hunter, the first Black woman enrolled at the university, to the admissions office in 1961.Photograph of Vernon Jordan, an Atlanta, Georgia native who rose to national prominence during the 1960s and 1970s as a lawyer and civil rights activist. Wearing a suit, he faces left.As part of the legal team responsible for forcing the University of Georgia to admit African Americans, Jordan escorted Charlayne Hunter, the first Black woman enrolled at the university, to the admissions office in 1961.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/vernon-jordan-b-1935Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/vernon-jordan-b-1935Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaLawyers--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American lawyers--Georgia--AtlantaCivil rights workers--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American civil rights workers--Georgia--AtlantaCivic leaders--Georgia--AtlantaAfrican American civic leaders--Georgia--AtlantaNational Urban LeagueVernon JordanStillImage