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[Draft of Barbara Jordan's Remarks on the Occasion of the Swearing-in of Ms. Azie Morton], ark:/67531/metapth616620
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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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Text of speech by Barbara Jordan in which she praises Azie Morton and discusses her background. The text is handwritten and contains a number of edits.
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Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996.Remarks of the Honorable Barbara Jordan on the Occasion of the Swearing-in of Ms. Azie Morton, September 12, 1977,
text,
September 12, 1977;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth616620/:
accessed June 12, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Texas Southern University.