Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding the role of black women in the economy and politics. Jordan delivers short biographies of Myrlie Evers, Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz, and Margaret Young.
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Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding the role of black women in the economy and politics. Jordan delivers short biographies of Myrlie Evers, Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz, and Margaret Young.
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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.
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Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996.[Remarks of Barbara Jordan, Black Caucus Dinner Speech, September 29, 1974],
text,
September 28, 1974;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth595149/:
accessed June 12, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Texas Southern University.