She received extensive support from former President Lyndon B. House of Representatives, the first woman elected in her own right to represent Texas in the House.
Barbara Jordan delivering the keynote address before the 1976 Democratic National Convention During her time in the Texas Legislature, Jordan sponsored or cosponsored some 70 bills. Jordan was the first African-American woman to serve as governor of a state.
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She was the first African-American woman to serve as president pro tempore of the state senate and served one day, June 10, 1972, as acting governor of Texas.
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Re-elected to a full term in the Texas Senate in 1968, she served until 1972. She won a seat in the Texas Senate in 1966, becoming the first African-American state senator in Texas since 1883 and the first black woman to serve in that body. Jordan campaigned unsuccessfully in 19 for the Texas House of Representatives.
In 1960, she returned to Houston and started a private law practice. Jordan taught political science at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama for a year. She attended Boston University School of Law, graduating in 1959. At Texas Southern University, she pledged Delta Gamma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. At Texas Southern University, Jordan was a national champion debater, defeating opponents from Yale and Brown, and tying Harvard University. Because of segregation, she could not attend The University of Texas at Austin and instead chose Texas Southern University, an historically black institution, majoring in political science and history. Sampson with inspiring her to become an attorney. Jordan credited a speech she heard in her high school years by Edith S. She graduated from Phillis Wheatley High School in 1952 with honors. Jordan attended Roberson Elementary School. Barbara Jordan was the youngest of three children, with siblings Rose Mary Jordan McGowan and Bennie Jordan Creswell (1933–2000). Through her mother, Jordan was the great-granddaughter of Edward Patton, who was one of the last African American members of the Texas House of Representatives prior to disenfranchisement of Black Texans under Jim Crow. Her mother was Arlyne Patten Jordan, a teacher in the church, and her father was Benjamin Jordan, a Baptist preacher. Jordan's childhood was centered on church life. Commission on Immigration Reform.īarbara Charline Jordan was born in Houston, Texas's Fifth Ward. Jordan is also known for her work as chair of the U.S. She was the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery.
She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors. In 1976, she became the first African-American, and the first woman, to ever deliver a keynote address at a Democratic National Convention. Jordan is known for her opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearings during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives. Trump’s intent to present the award to the lawmakers was first reported by The Washington Post.Barbara Charline Jordan (Febru– January 17, 1996) was an African American lawyer, educator, and politician. Jordan, one of the GOP leaders in trying to undermine confidence in the results of the 2020 presidential election, is expected to receive the award next week. The award comes as Trump has been rewarding supporters with the perks and prestige that come with serving on a host of federal advisory boards and commissions before he leaves office on January 20. Kennedy, is meant to recognize those who have made an “especially meritorious contribution" to national security, world peace or ”cultural or other significant public or private endeavors." The award, established by President John F. The former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee has been an ardent backer of Trump's during probes into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the president's 2019 impeachment by the Democratic-led House. Jim Jordan, as he looks to reward loyalists with just over two weeks left in his term.Ī White House official confirmed that Trump would present Nunes with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Monday. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is set to present one of the nation's highest civilian honors to two of his most outspoken congressional allies, California Rep.
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