Word: classing
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Born in 1935, Jordan was reared straitened middle-class circumstances. His father was a postal supervisor, his mother a caterer; her business is now operated by one of Jordan's two brothers. Though Jordan never lived in actual poverty, he once observed: "I rode in the back of the bus, I sat upstairs in the theater, I sat upstairs in the courtroom." After earning a bachelor's degree in political science at DePauw University ('57) and a law degree from Howard University ('60), Jordan set out to do his best to end those injustices...
...from some $4.4 million to $6.6 million, which comes mostly from contributions by foundations and corporations. Thus the league in a sense serves as a bridge between white executives and black ghettos. Although the people helped by the league are generally poor, many blacks regard it as a middle-class organization, but Jordan has won the respect of blacks from all backgrounds. The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, who succeeded the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, calls Jordan "one of the ablest and most articulate voices in the civil and human rights movement...
...that most students took the University's word that the shah was a progressive and beneficient ruler. "Most people saw the shah as pretty enlightened," Victor Koivumaki '68 remembers. "At the time, it seemed like a plausible choice because there was a real feeling that the shah was advanced." Class Marshal David Marshall '68 echoes Koivumaki, adding that the class day speech by Corretta King, speaking in place of her recently assassinated husband, drew much more attention. But Marshall attributes the absence of protest to ignorance more than passive praise. "Iran was not a country anyone knew anything about...
When the rest of the Class of 1980 picks up their diplomas today, Elizabeth Wilkerson '80 may be dancing. Two months ago she was awarded a month-long scholarship starting June 1 to study with Twyla Tharp's dance company near Andover, Massachusetts. If the company wants her today, she will stay...
...dance lessons at night after work. That summer she rushed to work in the morning in her pumps with a Wall Street Journal tucked under her arm. After work she would try to "de-bank" herself, changing into sandals and carrying her dance magazines as she rushed off to class...