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Barbara Charline Jordan A face to love is a face to remember. Those words could say it all. For those words was the way Barbara Charline Jordan lived her life. And the fantastic life she lived was left here amid a gift of love from this great legend. She was born in Houston, Texas, on February 21, in the year 1936. And on the day she died in 1996, Barbara had lived a life that young girls of color might choose to follow. She never ceased to be proud of her fine education. This brilliant Black lady earned her bachelor's from Texas Southern University, and went on to attain her law degree from Boston University Law School. At this stage during her impressive career, Barbara would speak out to the world. And let it ever be known that her eloquence was an art to behold. During the 1960 presidential election, Barbara Jordan led a dynamic Democratic campaign that eventually served to nominate John Kennedy. And this famed President of the United States of America was known to publically speak highly of this Black lady from Texas. And it was the year of 1966, where Barbara would seek, and win her own election. Here stupendously, she became the first Black woman to win a seat in the Texas Senate. In this body among men, White men, and their hard political ambition, she was truly accepted with unusual dignity. Barbara fought her cause for people both Black and White. She fought for minorities and for women's rights. Barbara Jordan successfully authored her state's first minimum wage bill. And in this same Texas Senate, she pushed on dramatically and unrelenting for civil rights legislation. |
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| Enhancing her greatest desire to fight on for civil rights, Barbara Jordan was elected to the United States House of Representatives, in the year of 1972. She took her seat on the Judiciary committee, and became a storied legend of national attention after her eloquent speech favoring the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon. And still, her glorious keynote address delivered at the 1976 Democratic Convention was nothing less than sensational. And somewhere before the dwindling days of her life walked into Black History, Barbara Jordan stood there at the 1992 Democratic Convention and spoke out against the intolerance and the racism. It was there, at that moment, when Barbara Charline Jordan took her place among the greatest legendary faces. |
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