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Born: February 21, 1936, Houston, TX
Died: January 17, 1996, Austin, TX
 

Barbara Charline Jordan was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Barbara was born in 1936, in Houston, Texas to a teacher and Baptist preacher. She was the youngest of three daughters of Benjamin M. Jordan and Arlyne Patten Jordan. Barbara Jordan graduated from Phyllis Wheatley High School in 1952. As a high school student, she became a skilled public speaker, winning a national debate contest in 1952. A Career Day speech at her segregated high school given by lawyer Edith Sampson, the first Black American delegate to the United Nations, inspired Jordan to become an attorney. She was elected to the Texas State Senate in 1966. Now settle in and take a listen.
 

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Show Notes (information gathered from the following websites):
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Barbara-Jordan
http://www.avoiceonline.org/cbcwomen/jordan.html
https://www.kff.org/about-barbara-jordan/
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barbarajordanjudiciarystatement.htm
 

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