Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the State Democratic Convention in Dallas, Texas, on which she served as the first African American officer.
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Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the State Democratic Convention in Dallas, Texas, on which she served as the first African American officer.
[Remarks of Senator Barbara Jordan to the State Democratic Convention, Dallas, Texas, September 15, 1970], ark:/67531/metapth595246
[Remarks of Senator Barbara Jordan to the State Democratic Convention, Dallas, Texas, September 15, 1970], ark:/67531/metapth595399
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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.
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Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan in which she stands for the Democratic Party and notes the time period in which black Americans could not get a seat in the Democratic convention.
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[Remarks of Senator Barbara Jordan to the State Democratic Convention, Dallas, Texas, September 15, 1970], ark:/67531/metapth595246
Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan in which she stands for the Democratic Party and notes the time period in which black Americans could not get a seat in the Democratic convention.
Relationship to this item: (Is Version Of)
[Remarks of Senator Barbara Jordan to the State Democratic Convention, Dallas, Texas, September 15, 1970], ark:/67531/metapth595399
Jordan, Barbara C.Remarks of Senator Barbara Jordan To The State Democratic Convention, Dallas, Texas - September 15, 1970,
text,
September 15, 1970;
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