Scrapbook documenting Barbara Jordan receiving the Charles Evans Hughes Gold Medal from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings and photographs.
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Scrapbook documenting Barbara Jordan receiving the Charles Evans Hughes Gold Medal from the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The scrapbook consists of newspaper clippings and photographs.
This book is part of the following collection of related materials.
The Barbara C. Jordan Archives
Photographs from the Barbara C. Jordan Archives. Barbara Jordan ran for the Texas House twice (1962, 1964). She won a seat in the Texas Senate in 1966, becoming the first African American since Reconstruction to do so.