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Box 570769 Dallas, Texas 75357 - 0769 50¢ .Serving Dallas More Than 70 Years — Tel. 214 946-7678 - Fax 214 946-7636 — Web Site: www.dallasposttrib.com — E-mail: [email protected] VOLUME 73 NUMBER 26 SERVING THE BLACK COMMUNITY WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR SINCE 1947 March 4, - 10, 2021 Vernon Jordan activist, former Clinton adviser, has died By JEFF MARTIN and ERRIN HAINE ATLANTA (AP) — Clinton, drawing him into closer to its Founding Vernon Jordan, who rose controversy during the promise: all are created from humble beginnings in Monica Lewinsky scandal. equal.” the segregated South to After serving as field Jordan’s death comes become a champion of secretary for the Georgia months after the deaths of civil rights before rein- NAACP and executive two other civil rights venting himself as a director of the United icons: U.S. Rep. John Washington insider and Negro College Fund, Lewis and C.T. Vivian. corporate influencer, has Jordan headed the After growing up in the died at the age of 85. National Urban League, Jim Crow South and living His niece, Ann Walker becoming the face of much of his life in a segre- Marchant, confirmed Black America’s modern gated America, Jordan Tuesday that he died struggle for jobs and jus- took a strategic view of peacefully Monday night. tice for more than a race issues. IIn this July 27, 1977 file photo, Vernon Jordan, In this April 9, 2014 file photo, civil rights activist Former President Bill decade. He was nearly “My view on all this President of the National Urban League, talks to Vernon Jordan introduces former President Bill reporters during a press conference in Washington. Clinton during the Civil Rights Summit in Austin, Clinton remembered killed by a racist’s bullet in business about race is (AP Photo/File) texas. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File) Jordan as someone who 1980 before transitioning never to get angry, no, but “never gave up on his to business and politics. to get even,” Jordan said in friends or his country.” Former President a New York Times inter- Jordan “brought his big Barack Obama said that view in 2000. “You don’t brain and strong heart to “like so many others, take it out in anger; you everything and everybody Michelle and I benefited take it out in achieve- he touched. And he made from Vernon Jordan’s wise ment.” them better,” Clinton and counsel and warm friend- Jordan was the first his wife, former Secretary ship — and deeply lawyer to head the Urban of State Hillary Clinton, admired his tireless fight League, which had tradi- said in the statement. for civil rights.” tionally been led by social His friendship with Speaker of the House workers. Under his leader- In this Aug. 22, 1993 file photo, President Bill Clinton Clinton took them both to Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday ship, the Urban League receives some consoling advice from White House In This Jan. 27, 1998 file photo, Vernon Jordan, long- advisor and golf partner Vernon Jordan after Clinton hit the White House. Jordan on Twitter that “Jordan’s time confidant of President Clinton, leaves his home a bad shot. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File) was an unofficial aide to leadership took our nation Continue Jordan Page 4 in Washington. (AP Photo/Khue Bui, File) Texas becomes biggest US state to lift COVID-19 mask mandate By PAUL J. WEBER AUSTIN, Texas (AP) The announcement in staff they would need — Texas is lifting its mask Texas, where the virus has more personnel and venti- mandate, Gov. Greg killed more than 42,000 lators. Abbott said Tuesday, mak- people, rattled doctors and Federal health officials ing it the largest state to no big city leaders who said this week urgently warned longer require one of the they are now bracing for states to not let their guard most effective ways to another deadly resurgence. down, warning that the slow the spread of the One hospital executive in A customer exits a store with a mask required sign displayed, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Dallas. (AP Photo/LM Otero) coronavirus. Houston said he told his Continue Lift Page 2 J&J COVID-19 vaccine begins arriving in Texas on Tuesday AUSTIN, Texas (AP) sites in Dallas, Tarrant and Moderna vaccines, offi- CONGRESSWOMAN JOHNSON — The first doses of the Harris counties on cials said, making storage new Johnson & Johnson Tuesday, and the state and distribution much eas- STATEMENT ON GOV. ABBOTT’S COVID-19 vaccine arrive expects more than 200,000 ier. The vaccine is said to DECISION TO LIFT STATEWIDE in Texas this week, state doses will be allocated to be well-suited for home- health officials said Texas next week, the bound seniors, the home- MASK MANDATE Monday. Texas Department of State less and others that would The first 24,000 doses Health Services said. have trouble showing up Washington, D.C. – Tuesday, March 2, 2021 Congresswoman Eddie Bernice of the single-dose vaccine The new vaccine does for an appointment for a Johnson (TX-30), Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, and against the illness caused not require the ultra-cold second dose. Technology, released the following statement in response to Governor Abbott’s by a new coronavirus will storage needed previously decision to lift the statewide mask mandate: go to federal vaccination by the two-dose Pfizer and Continue J&J Page 4 Continue Mask Page 5 Recognizing #BLACK EXCELLENCE for 73 Years March 4 - 10, 2021 The Dallas Post Tribune Page 2 EDITORIAL PAGE The Dallas Post Tribune is pub­ lished weekly by the Tribune BOARD OF DIRECTORS Publishing Incorporated, 2726 S. Beckley, Dr. Mary E. Beck, Dallas, Texas, 75224, Bulk Rate [1345]. Postage is paid to the Chairperson Dallas Postmaster. Send address Dr. Theronica Bond changes to The Dallas Post The Solution to Trump, Tribune, P.O. Box 570769, Dallas, Atty. Theodora Lee, Co­ Texas, 75357­0769. THE DALLAS POST TRIBUNE is not responsible Chair for unsolicited materials. Address Atty. Gary Bond all correspondence to EDITOR, The Dallas Post Tribune, P.O. 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