Barbara Jordan
Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction, the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives, and one of the first two African Americans elected to the U.S. House from the former Confederacy since 1901, alongside Andrew Young of Georgia.Jordan achieved notoriety for delivering a powerful opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearings during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon. In 1976, she became the first African-American, and the first woman, to deliver a keynote address at a Democratic National Convention. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors. She was the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery. Jordan is also known for her work as chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. Provided by Wikipedia
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Education Tomorrow: For Whom? Why? / by Jordan, Barbara
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Channel / by Jordan, Barbara, 1949-
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Trace elements / by Jordan, Barbara, 1949-
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Barbara C. Jordan--selected speeches / by Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait / by Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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Interview of Barbara Jordan by Roland C. Hayes, March 28, 1984 / by Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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Barbara Jordan : speaking the truth with eloquent thunder / by Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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Barbara Jordan : speaking the truth with eloquent thunder / by Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait / by Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait / by Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996, Hearon, Shelby, 1931-2016
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Oscar H. Barnett. August 22, 1974. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
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William R. Karsteter. May 9, 1973. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
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Colonel John H. Sherman. May 9, 1973. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
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James E. Fry, Jr., and Margaret E. Fry. May 9, 1973. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
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M. Sgt. Eugene J. Mikulenka. May 9, 1973. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
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Mrs. Rosanna Thomas. May 9, 1973. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
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Claude V. Alcorn and 21 others. May 9, 1973. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Mrs. Rita Petermann Brown. February 28, 1974. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
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Capt. Bruce B. Schwartz, U.S. Army. March 11, 1974. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
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Raymond W. Suchy, second lieutenant, United States Army (retired). April 25, 1974. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
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