Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at Boston University Law School about the Watergate scandal and its resemblance and lack of resemblance to a recent scandal with Ronald Reagan and Iran ("Irangate"). Related is a discussion of what it means to faithfully execute the office of President.
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Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at Boston University Law School about the Watergate scandal and its resemblance and lack of resemblance to a recent scandal with Ronald Reagan and Iran ("Irangate"). Related is a discussion of what it means to faithfully execute the office of President.
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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.
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