barbara jordan

     

This Texas congresswoman gave the keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention

Trivia about barbara jordan

  • In 1966 she became the first black woman elected to the Texas Senate
  • In 1972 this woman's place was in the House; the House of Representatives
  • She was not the first African-American in the Texas Senate, but she was the first African-American woman there
  • Representing Texas from 1973 to 1979, she was the first black woman from a Southern state to serve in Congress
  • In 1976 this Texas congresswoman became the first black keynote speaker at a Dem. National Convention

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