Major Works
- David L. Jordan: From the Mississippi Cotton Fields to the State Senate: A Memoir (2014) with Robert L. Jenkins
Biography
State Senator David L. Jordan grew up in Leflore County, Mississippi, the youngest of five children born to sharecropper parents. He was born in 1934. Jordan attended the University of Wyoming and Mississippi Valley State University. His memoir David L. Jordan: From the Mississippi Cotton Fields to the State Senate: A Memoir (with Robert L. Jenkins) was published in 2014.
He is married to Christine Bell Jordan, and they currently live in Greenwood, Mississippi.
The Senator speaks about his memoir
Senator David L. Jordan speaks about his memoir David L. Jordan: From the Mississippi Cotton Fields to the State Senate from University Press of Mississippi on Vimeo.
Related Websites
- Clarion Ledger article “State Sen. David L. Jordan recounts struggle for education, equality in memoir.” March 8, 2014