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Making It -- Losing It

Description: Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at a luncheon at the Annual indiana Black Expo. Topics include the financial struggles of African-Americans in the United States. This text is followed by a press release describing the speech and the event.
Date: July 6, 1974
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Where is Home for America?

Description: Text regarding poverty in America and the failure of anti-poverty legislation. It includes a typed bibliography and a handwritten body of text and related notes.
Date: July 30, 1972
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Eulogy of the Late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Description: Text of speech wherein Barbara Jordan eulogizes Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking of his accomplishments, his effect on the politics of the United States, and his death. Handwritten edits appear amid the typed text.
Date: July 11, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Federal Efforts to Assist Family Planning

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding the value of family planning programs in curtailing poverty and the extension of federal assistance towards family planning programs. Handwritten edits appear throughout the document.
Date: July 30, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

[Clipping: A Proud Standard]

Description: Full page from The Daily Progress newspaper featuring a guest opinion piece discussing the members of the Judiciary Committee. The page also contains a column discussing the Supreme Court's decision on executive privilege with a focus on Richard Nixon and a section for letters to the editor. On the reverse is various advertisements and an article on a light fixture recall.
Date: July 27, 1974
Creator: Bowles, George & Lisagor, Peter
Partner: Texas Southern University

A Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt

Description: Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan at the Eleanor Roosevelt Centennary in Roosevelt Campobello International Park. Jordan discusses Roosevelt's qualities and support of human rights.
Date: July 8, 1984
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

The Ditchley Foundation Lecture

Description: Text of the Ditchley Foundation Lecture given by Barbara C. Jordan in Oxfordshire, England, entitled "American Imports Revalued: 'Tributaries of American Culture.' The topic of the lecture is American importation of ideas.
Date: July 23, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

The Ditchley Foundation Lecture

Description: Text of the Ditchley Foundation Lecture given by Barbara C. Jordan in Oxfordshire, England, entitled "American Imports Revalued: 'Tributaries of American Culture.' The topic of the lecture is American importation of ideas.
Date: July 23, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University
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