Speech associated with the National Bar Association in Houston Texas, entitled "The Black Lawyer: Explorer & Reformer." The body of the text is crossed out with a hand-drawn "X."
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Speech associated with the National Bar Association in Houston Texas, entitled "The Black Lawyer: Explorer & Reformer." The body of the text is crossed out with a hand-drawn "X."
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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 regarding black lawyers and the need for reformation of the American legal system. The first page is handwritten while the remainder are typed.
Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding black lawyers and the need for reformation of the American legal system. The first page is handwritten while the remainder are typed.