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Leon Jordan was born on 6 May, 1905 in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Leon Jordan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

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Occupation Politician and civil rights leader
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 6 May, 1905
Birthday 6 May
Birthplace Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Date of death 15 July, 1970
Died Place Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1905

Leon Mercer Jordan (May 6, 1905 – July 15, 1970) was an African-American civil rights leader who served in the Missouri House of Representatives.

1932

He married fellow Wilberforce student Orchid Irene Ramsey on August 10, 1932.

After graduation, Jordan worked as a schoolteacher.

1933

Leon Jordan attended Lincoln High School in Kansas City, Missouri, served in the United States Army, and graduated from Wilberforce University in Ohio in 1933.

1938

He joined the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD) in 1938, rising to the rank of detective.

1947

He took a leave of absence in 1947 and spent eight years training the police forces of Liberia.

As a pilot, Jordan flew his own plane around the country.

1948

In 1948, he helped coordinate the rescue of the French High Commissioner of West Africa and sixteen other French officials after their plane made a forced landing.

Jordan was awarded the Chevalier of the Order of the African Star by Liberian President William Tubman in 1948.

1950

Jordan returned to Kansas City permanently in the mid-1950s and purchased the Green Duck Tavern.

1951

In 1951, Jordan became a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

1952

He returned to Kansas City in February 1952 and was promoted to police lieutenant, the first African-American to hold that rank in the KCPD's history.

However, he discovered that he had little power in the department, so he resigned and went back to Liberia for three years.

1958

In 1958, Jordan became a Democratic committeeman for the 14th Ward of Kansas City.

1962

In 1962, Jordan and Bruce R. Watkins co-founded Freedom, Inc., an organization which advocated political awareness among African-Americans in the city by organizing a massive voter registration drive and promoting black political candidates.

1963

In 1963, Jordan and Watkins helped pass an accommodations ordinance, desegregating all public facilities in Kansas City.

1964

In 1964, Freedom, Inc. put forward eight candidates for office, seven of which won.

Among them was Jordan, who was elected to the first of three terms in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Jordan was campaigning for a fourth term at the time he was murdered.

Shortly before his death, he described himself as a "radical", adding, "I'm not a conformist but there are bounds of reason."

1965

Jordan was killed using a Remington 12-gauge Wingmaster shotgun, which was one of several firearms that had been stolen from a hardware store in Independence in 1965.

1966

A January 1966 report on the burglary by the Independence Police Department stated that the guns had later been sold through a "North End Italian fence".

1970

Jordan was "one of the most influential African Americans in Kansas City's history" and, at the time of his assassination in 1970, the "state's most powerful black politician".

At about 1:00 a.m. on July 15, 1970, Jordan was killed just outside his Green Duck Tavern by three shotgun blasts.

Eyewitnesses reported that the three killers were African-American.

The shotgun had been stolen and was abandoned immediately.

When it was recovered, it was traced to a burglary five years earlier in Independence, Missouri.

Three men were arrested for the murder, including at least one affiliated with a criminal group called the "Black Mafia".

One man was acquitted, and charges were dropped against the other two suspects.

Upon his death, his widow, Orchid I. Jordan, became a candidate for his legislative seat.

She won the election, and served for sixteen years in the Missouri House of Representatives.

1973

When the reporters asked the KCPD about the shotgun, they were told that it had been lost in 1973.

The shotgun may have been sold in a police surplus auction.

Some time later, the KCPD purchased the used shotgun from a gun store and did not check the serial number.

The shotgun was refurbished and placed into police service.

1995

She died on December 25, 1995, at the age of 85.

1997

On November 5, 1997, a police officer used the shotgun to shoot and wound an armed suspect in North Kansas City.

The weapon was analyzed by the crime lab, who failed to identify it as the Jordan murder weapon, and it was returned to police service the following year.

2010

This report was not discovered in the initial investigation of Jordan's murder, but was uncovered by investigative journalists working for the Kansas City Star in 2010.

Only when the Star asked questions about the missing shotgun in 2010 did a crime lab technician run a computer check that located the gun, which was recovered from the trunk of a police car and then returned to the evidence room.