[Barbara Jordan and Charles Rangel Examine a Copy of the Constitution]

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Photograph of Barbara Jordan and Charles B. Rangel looking over a copy of the Constitution of the United States during the Nixon-Watergate impeachment hearings for the House Judiciary Committee.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm., with border 8 x 10 in.

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Associated Press July 26, 1974.

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Photograph of Barbara Jordan and Charles B. Rangel looking over a copy of the Constitution of the United States during the Nixon-Watergate impeachment hearings for the House Judiciary Committee.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm., with border 8 x 10 in.

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Text on photograph back: "WIREPHOTO (CAP38) WASHINGTON, JULY 26--CHECKING THE CONSTITUTION--Reps. Barbara Jordan, D-Tex., and Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., look over a copy of the Constitution of the United States during the House Judiciary Committee's debate on articles of impeachment in Washington Friday. (AP Wirephoto)(SEE AP AA Wire Story)(d161750stf) 1974"

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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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  • July 26, 1974

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Associated Press. [Barbara Jordan and Charles Rangel Examine a Copy of the Constitution], photograph, July 26, 1974; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth843562/: accessed April 18, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Southern University.

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