- (1971 - 1981) President of the National Urban League of the United States.
- (1982 - 2021) Partner and Of Counsel to the Washington, DC office of Dallas Law firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld.
- (Late 1950s-early 1960s) Joined the law office of Atlanta attorney Donald L. Hollowell, a civil rights activist law firm, after graduating from law school. This firm also employed famed civil rights attorney Constance Baker Motley during all or most of the time which Jordan was employed there.
- (2000s - February 2021) Served on the board of directors of American Express until his death
- (2000s - February 2021) Served on the board of directors of J.C. Penney Corporation until his death.
- (early-1960s) After leaving the private practice of law with the Donald L. Hollowell firm in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, he served as the Georgia field director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
- (2000s - February 2021) Served on the board of directors of Asbury Automotive Group until his death.
- (1980s and 1990s) Served as a member of the board of directors of Revlon, Sara Lee, Corning, Xerox, and RJR Nabisco, including serving on the board of RJR Nabisco in 1989 at the time of the leveraged buyout battle which ended with the buyout by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (now KKR & Co., Inc.) , which at the time was the largest leveraged buyout in history.
- (mid-1960s) After leaving his position as the Georgia field director for the NAACP, he moved to the Southern Regional Council (SRC), an organization which came into being after 1944, evolving from the Commission on Interracial Cooperation to peacefully combat racial violence and promote racial equality in the Southern United States.
- (2000s - February 2021) Served on the board of directors of the Dow Jones & Company until his death.
- (Late 1960s) After leaving the Southern Regional Council (SRC), he worked for the Voter Education Project (VEP). The VEP was established as a charitable foundation which raised and distributed foundation funds to civil rights organizations for voter education and registration work in the southern United States. The foundation was endorsed early on by the administration of President John F. Kennedy in hopes that the organizations of the ongoing Civil Rights Movement would shift their focus away from demonstrations and more towards the support of voter registrations
- (January 2000 - February 2021 [his death]) Was a senior managing director with Lazard Freres & Co. LLC, an investment banking firm.
- (Late 1960s) President of the United Negro College Fund.
- (1970 - 1972) Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund, a time period which overlapped with his presidency of the National Urban League.
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