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Barbara Jordan
12+ albums
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Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American politician who was both a product and a leader, of the Civil Rights movement. She was the first African-American elected to the Texas Senate after reconstruction and the first Southern black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors. On her death she became the first African-American woman to be interred in the Texas State Cemetery. The main terminal of Austin-Bergstrom Airport is named for her. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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1974: Watergate Hearings, House Judiciary Committee
472Democratic National Convention
223Statement on the Articles of Impeachment
204Democratic National Convention Keynote Address
145Impeachment Committee: My faith is in the Constitution is whole..."
136#5 1976 DNC Keynote
87"My faith in the Constitution
78The Gospel Train
79Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Becomes The First Black Woman To Deliver The Keynote Address
7101976 DNC Keynote Address
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AmericanRadioWorks
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Top 100 Speeches
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American Black History
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Words That Shook The World
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Say It Plain: Great African American Oratory
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Speeches
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I Sing Because I'm Happy
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Say It Plain - Audio
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The Greatest Speeches Of All-Time, Vol. III
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Top 100 Speeches of the Twentieth Century
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Historical Speeches
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