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Barbara Jordan. Barbara Charline Jordan (* 21.Februar 1936 in Houston, Texas; † 17. Januar 1996 in Austin, Texas) war eine US-amerikanische Hochschullehrerin und Politikerin der Demokratischen Partei, die einige Jahre den Bundesstaat Texas im US-Repräsentantenhaus vertrat, auf der Democratic National Convention 1976 als erste Afroamerikanerin eine Grundsatzrede hielt und 1994 mit der ...
25. Nov. 2019 · While in Congress, Barbara Jordan came to national attention with her strong presence on the committee holding Watergate hearings, calling for the impeachment of President Nixon on July 25, 1974. She was also a strong supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment , worked for legislation against racial discrimination , and helped establish voting rights for non-English-speaking citizens.
2. Apr. 2014 · Barbara Jordan was a U.S. congressional representative from Texas and was the first African American congresswoman to come from the Deep South.
22. Feb. 2021 · Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. In a perfect storm of unlikely circumstances, Barbara Jordan, a junior congresswoman from Houston, Texas, who grew up in segregation, landed a primetime spot ...
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 began to practice law in Houston in 1960.
22. Juni 2022 · Barbara Jordan was born on February 21, 1936 in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas. She showed early interest in public speaking while getting up in front of the Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church as a child, and joining the debate team in high school. After completing studies at Texas Southern University, and Boston University School of Law, Jordan taught at Tuskegee University for a year ...
8. Mai 2010 · She won. Barbara Jordan became the first black person to serve in the Texas Senate since eighteen eighty-three. During her years as a Texas lawmaker, Miss Jordan proposed and helped pass ...
