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Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician.
Barbara Jordan (born February 21, 1936, Houston, Texas, U.S.—died January 17, 1996, Austin, Texas) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–79), representing Texas. She was the first African American congresswoman to come from the South.
In 1972, Jordan became the first African American woman to be elected to Congress from the South since 1898. Barbara Charline Jordan was born on February 21, 1936 in Houston, Texas. The daughter of Arlyne and Benjamin Jordan, Barbara was the youngest of three children.
Apr 2, 2014 · Barbara Jordan was a lawyer and educator who was a congresswoman from 1972 to 1978 — the first African American congresswoman to come from the deep South and the first woman ever...
Nov 9, 2009 · Barbara Jordan was a trailblazing Black state senator and congresswoman who gave an influential opening speech at Richard Nixon’s 1974 impeachment hearings.
Feb 22, 2021 · In a perfect storm of unlikely circumstances, Barbara Jordan, a junior congresswoman from Houston, Texas, who grew up in segregation, landed a primetime spot to deliver an opening statement on July...
Jan 18, 1996 · Barbara Jordan, the black Congresswoman and scholar who stirred the nation with her Churchillian denunciations of the Watergate abuses of President Richard M. Nixon, died today in her home state...
