Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Houston, Texas, USA |
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| Born | 1936-02-21 |
| Died | 1996-01-17 |
Movies
The Statue of Liberty
as Self - Former Congresswoman
1985
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