Leon Jordan & Orchid Jordan
Jordan (Photo Credit: The Kansas City Star/Times)
Leon Jordan - 1905 – 1970
Orchid Jordan - 1910 – 1995
The Jordans worked throughout their careers to expand the influence of African American voters and to increase the number of Black candidates for political office. Leon Jordan served the Kansas City Police Department for 16 years, and in 1947 left for Liberia, where he organized a national police force.
In 1962, Leon Jordan co-founded Freedom Inc., a political club that championed Black participation in local politics. He was elected to three terms in the Missouri House of Representatives, an office Orchid Jordan filled after her husband was killed in 1970.