Handwritten text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the American Society of Newspaper editors. She makes jokes at the expense of the Republican party and several of its members, including Ronald Reagan.
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Handwritten text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the American Society of Newspaper editors. She makes jokes at the expense of the Republican party and several of its members, including Ronald Reagan.
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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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Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996.[Barbara Jordan Remarks to American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 17, 1975],
text,
April 17, 1975;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611201/:
accessed January 25, 2025),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
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