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Saving the Family

Description: Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at a Delta Sigma Theta Banquet in Houston, Texas. Topics include the changes and neglect of the family unit in the United States, with focus on African-American families.
Date: January 8, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Consent of the Governed: Profit or Loss

Description: Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding the loss of public trust in the government, how to combat this loss, and economic concerns. Included with this document is two pages of an editorial from CHANGE entitled "How Separate? How Equal?," which discusses black separatism and intellectualism and ends with a circled section about Barbara Jordan.
Date: May 14, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

[Remarks by Barbara Jordan at AFL-CIO Convention, October 19, 1973]

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at an AFL-CIO Convention. In it, she discusses government aid to those in need, New Deal coalitions with workers, and the threat that the Nixon administration poses to these.
Date: October 19, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Minority Truckers

Description: Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding difficulties and discrimination faced by minority truckers.
Date: May 21, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, House Committee on the Judiciary, February 26, 1975, Extension of the Voting Rights Act

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan in which she testified for the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. She discusses discriminatory events that occurred before the act came to pass and warns of what could happen if it is allowed to expire. Includes a list of new proposed jurisdictions for coverage under the Act.
Date: February 26, 1975
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Partner: Texas Southern University

The 93rd Congress and Health Care

Description: Text of speech by Barbara Jordan to Physicians in Houston, Texas. In it, she discusses National Health Insurance, child health care, and maternity care in the United States.
Date: August 3, 1979
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

The Black Lawyer: Explorer and Reformer

Description: Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding black lawyers working within a legal system in need of reforms.
Date: August 1, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

[Remarks by Barbara Jordan at AFL-CIO Convention, October 19, 1973]

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at an AFL-CIO Convention. In it, she discusses government aid to those in need, New Deal coalitions with workers, and the threat that the Nixon administration poses to these.
Date: October 19, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Where is Home for America?

Description: Text regarding poverty in America and the failure of anti-poverty legislation. It includes a typed bibliography and a handwritten body of text and related notes.
Date: July 30, 1972
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

The Aging Black Woman and Federal Policy

Description: Text of speech by Barbara Jordan discussing difficulties faced by the elderly, and elderly black women in particular. She also discusses how the Ford administration is thinning aid towards this group.
Date: April 15, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

The Challenge Renewed

Description: Handwritten text by Barbara Jordan discussing and assessing American ten years after the Civil Rights Movement.
Date: 1973~
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights Senate Committee on the Judiciary, April 22, 1975, Extension of the Voting Rights Act

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan in which she testified for the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. She discusses discriminatory events that occurred before the act came to pass and warns of what could happen if it is allowed to expire.
Date: April 22, 1975
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Partner: Texas Southern University

Saving the Family

Description: Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at a Delta Sigma Theta Banquet in Houston, Texas. Topics include the changes and neglect of the family unit in the United States, with focus on African-American families. Handwritten edits appear across the photocopied document.
Date: January 8, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

[Remarks by Barbara Jordan at the Grand Opening of the Almeda Medical Square Building, July 13, 1975]

Description: Text of speech given by Barbara Jordan at the grand opening of the Almeda Medical Square Building. She discusses health care for the poor, minority health professionals, and health care legislation. A program for the grand opening is included, discussing the history of Almeda Medical Square and and showing a schedule of events.
Date: July 13, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Federal Efforts to Assist Family Planning

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding the value of family planning programs in curtailing poverty and the extension of federal assistance towards family planning programs.
Date: July 30, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Federal Efforts to Assist Family Planning

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding the value of family planning programs in curtailing poverty and the extension of federal assistance towards family planning programs. Handwritten edits appear throughout the document.
Date: July 30, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University
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