Barbara Jordan
U.S. Congressperson
1936 – 1996
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Who was Barbara Jordan?
Barbara Charline Jordan was an American politician and a leader of the Civil Rights movement. She was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction, the first southern black female elected to the United States House of Representatives, and the first African-American woman to deliver the keynote address at a Democratic National Convention. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors. On her death, she became the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery.
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- Born
- Feb 21, 1936
Houston - Religion
- Baptists
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Boston University
- Texas Southern University
- Wheatley High School
- Died
- Jan 17, 1996
Austin
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on July 23, 2013
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