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Air Pollution Control for Houston

Description: Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding oxidant air pollution in Houston, Texas, the Environmental Protection Agency power following the Clean Air Act, and the lack of cooperation between the Texas Air Control Board and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Date: May 28, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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Partner: Texas Southern University

Life's Moral Possibilities: Commencement Address to Baylor College of Medicine

Description: Text for a commencement address given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Included is a Library of Congress Congressional Research Service cover page, with Charles H. Whittier's name and title (Analyst, History and Public Affairs, Government and General Research Division) listed at the bottom of the page.
Date: August 29, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C. & Whittier, Charles H.
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Partner: Texas Southern University

Federal Efforts to Assist Family Planning

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at the annual meeting of the Houston Planned Parenthood Association. She talks about the necessity of family planning and related upcoming legislation.
Date: July 30, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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Partner: Texas Southern University

A Congressional View of the Judiciary

Description: Text of speech that was to be delivered by Barbara Jordan at the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference in Houston, Texas. She discusses congressional dissatisfaction with the judiciary. The reasons she gives include their lifetime tenure, their pay, and the idea that they also write laws instead of merely adjudicate. Handwritten edits appear in the text.
Date: May 28, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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Partner: Texas Southern University

Come Home

Description: Commencement speech by Barbara Jordan to the graduating class of Texas Southern University regarding such topics as student loans, black colleges, and the future.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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Partner: Texas Southern University

A Congressional View of the Judiciary

Description: Text of speech that was to be delivered by Barbara Jordan at the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference in Houston, Texas. She discusses congressional dissatisfaction with the judiciary. The reasons she gives include their lifetime tenure, their pay, and the idea that they also write laws instead of merely adjudicate.
Date: May 24, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Texas Southern University

Will American Abandon Isreal

Description: Text of a speech by Barbara Jordan at the testimonial dinner of Leon and Peggy Samet at Kfar Silver School in Houston, Texas. She discusses America's relationship with Israel and repudiates the idea that Zionism is racist. Handwritten edits appear across the document.
Date: November 7, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
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Partner: Texas Southern University

A Congressional View of the Judiciary

Description: Text of speech that was to be delivered by Barbara Jordan at the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference in Houston, Texas. She discusses congressional dissatisfaction with the judiciary. The reasons she gives include their lifetime tenure, their pay, and the idea that they also write laws instead of merely adjudicate.
Date: May 24, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Texas Southern University
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