Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the National Peace Corps Association's 1995 Conference in Austin, Texas. The speech introduces the presentation of the Sargent Shriver Award for Humanitarian Service to Dr. Robert Pastor. Two different typed versions of the speech are included.
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Barbara Jordan: National Peace Corps Association
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Remarks of Barbara Jordan Upon Presentation of the Sargent Shriver Humanitarian Service Award to Dr. Robert Pastor on the Occasion of the National Peace Corps Association 1995 Conference
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Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the National Peace Corps Association's 1995 Conference in Austin, Texas. The speech introduces the presentation of the Sargent Shriver Award for Humanitarian Service to Dr. Robert Pastor. Two different typed versions of the speech are included.
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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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