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Nov 9, 2009 · Texas congresswoman Barbara Jordan (1936-1996) rose to the national stage from Houston’s largely African American Fifth Ward, becoming a public defender of the U.S. Constitution and a leading...
Apr 2, 2014 · Barbara Jordan was a U.S. congressional representative from Texas and was the first African American congresswoman to come from the Deep South. Updated: Nov 16, 2021. Getty Images. 1936-1996....
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...
Nov 25, 2019 · Barbara Jordan. Nancy R. Schiff/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. By. Jone Johnson Lewis. Updated on November 25, 2019. Barbara Jordan grew up in Houston's Black ghetto, attended segregated public schools, and an all-Black college, where she graduated magna cum laude. She was involved in debate and oratory, winning a number of awards.
Feb 17, 2023 · Feb 17, 2023, 7:08 AM PST. Barbara Jordan. File/AP. Barbara Jordan was one of the first Black and LGBTQ women in Congress, elected in 1972. A gifted orator, she spoke at the Nixon...
May 17, 2018 · Barbara Jordan (American congressional representative) Jordan, Barbara Charline. views 2,532,925 updated May 17 2018. Jordan, Barbara Charline. ( b. 21 February 1936 in Houston, Texas; d. 17 January 1996 in Austin, Texas), first black southern woman in the United States Congress.
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...
