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Barbara C. Jordan is known as one of the most influential women in Texas and U.S. history. She was a political trailblazer who paved the way for so many people, including women and people of color. Barbara Jordan possessed many skills as a speaker, advocate, and teacher.
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Arlyne Jordan was an accomplished public speaker. Barbara Jordan was educated in the Houston public schools and graduated from Phyllis Wheatley High School in 1952. She earned a BA from Texas Southern University in 1956 and a law degree from Boston University in 1959. That same year, she was admitted to the Massachusetts and Texas bars, and she ...
Barbara Jordan served in the U.S. House of Representatives from the 18th district of Texas between 1973 and 1979. On July 24, 1974, she made this statement to the House Judiciary Committee regarding the impeachment of President Richard Nixon. The remarks are often cited as one of the great examples of American political oratory.
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Feb 17, 2023 · State senator Barbara Jordan is sworn in as governor of Texas for a day on June 10, 1972, in Austin, Texas. TWP/AP Jordan was born in Houston, Texas, earned a law degree from Boston University ...
The city Barbara Jordan left to attend Boston University in 1956 had segregated taxis, restaurants and lunch counters, restrooms, hospital wards, swimming pools, churches, labor unions, and ...
