Typed final draft of the Harvard commencement speech given by Barbara C. Jordan, with some handwritten corrections and edits written in the margins. In the speech she addresses the American people's ability to contribute to their government.
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Typed final draft of the Harvard commencement speech given by Barbara C. Jordan, with some handwritten corrections and edits written in the margins. In the speech she addresses the American people's ability to contribute to their government.
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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 for the Harvard commencement speech given by Barbara C. Jordan, with some handwritten edits written in the margins. In the speech she addresses the American people's ability to contribute to their government.
Typed first draft of the Harvard commencement speech given by Barbara C. Jordan, with handwritten changes and edits written in the margins. In the speech she addresses the American people's ability to contribute to their government.
Typed second draft of the Harvard commencement speech given by Barbara C. Jordan, with some handwritten corrections and edits written in the margins. In the speech she addresses the American people's ability to contribute to their government.