Scrapbook documenting an address given by Texas State Senator Barbara Jordan at the Hotel Cortez in El Paso, Texas sponsored by the Delta Omega chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, and the event program.
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Description
Scrapbook documenting an address given by Texas State Senator Barbara Jordan at the Hotel Cortez in El Paso, Texas sponsored by the Delta Omega chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. The scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, and the event program.
Physical Description
[15] p. : ill. ; 27 x 24 cm.
Notes
Paper note included with scrapbook, not shown here, text: "High School Memory Book Delta Sigma Theta Scrapbook (gift to Jordan, 1969)"
This book is part of the following collection of related materials.
The Barbara C. Jordan Archives
Photographs from the Barbara C. Jordan Archives. Barbara Jordan ran for the Texas House twice (1962, 1964). She won a seat in the Texas Senate in 1966, becoming the first African American since Reconstruction to do so.