UT Barbara Jordan Historical Essay Competition archive.

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UT Barbara Jordan Historical Essay Competition archive.

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Essays authored by high school students and submitted to the UT Barbara Jordan Historical Essay Competition: The African Americans in Texas, Past and Present, as well as material about the annual competition which is administered by the University of Texas at Austin.

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Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996

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Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator and politician who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. 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. She was best known for her eloquent opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearings during the impeachment process against Richard Ni...