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Biography of Barbara Jordan, with student comments
My personal introduction of Barbara Jordan
Erosion of civil liberties : commencement speech, Howard University, May 11, 1974
The national political stage : rising to the occasion : the constitutional basis for impeachment, U.S. House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings, July 25, 1974
Center stage : Democratic National Convention keynote address, July 12, 1976
The spotlight after Congress : Democratic National Convention keynote address, July 13, 1992
Barbara Jordan's take on three twenty-first-century political issues : confirmation of Supreme Court Justices : testimony in opposition to the nomination of Robert Bork, September 17, 1987
Immigration reform : congressional testimony as chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, March 29, 1995
Religious faith and politics : prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1978; address at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1984
The Sylvanus Thayer Award : unswerving dedication to principle : 1995 Sylvanus Thayer Award citation, West Point, October 5; Barbara Jordan's Thayer Award acceptance
Epilogue : remarks of Bill Moyers at the memorial service for Barbara Jordan, University of Texas at Austin, January 28, 1996.
My personal introduction of Barbara Jordan
Erosion of civil liberties : commencement speech, Howard University, May 11, 1974
The national political stage : rising to the occasion : the constitutional basis for impeachment, U.S. House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings, July 25, 1974
Center stage : Democratic National Convention keynote address, July 12, 1976
The spotlight after Congress : Democratic National Convention keynote address, July 13, 1992
Barbara Jordan's take on three twenty-first-century political issues : confirmation of Supreme Court Justices : testimony in opposition to the nomination of Robert Bork, September 17, 1987
Immigration reform : congressional testimony as chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, March 29, 1995
Religious faith and politics : prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1978; address at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1984
The Sylvanus Thayer Award : unswerving dedication to principle : 1995 Sylvanus Thayer Award citation, West Point, October 5; Barbara Jordan's Thayer Award acceptance
Epilogue : remarks of Bill Moyers at the memorial service for Barbara Jordan, University of Texas at Austin, January 28, 1996.