1980 Press Photo National Urban League's Vernon E. Jordan Jr at press conference

New York: In his first public appearance since he was shot by an unknown assailant in May. Vernon E. Jordan Jr., president of the National Urban League, holds a press conference in New York September 9. Jordan said he would "refuse to let the possibility of renewed violence stand in the way of my beliefs and duties."

Photo measures 8 x 10 inches. Photo is dated 09-12-1980.

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