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"My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution."
- Barbara Jordan, during the Watergate hearings
US Representative from TX-18 1973-79
First Black woman from the South to serve in Congress
First Black in the Texas Senate since 1883 (1966-73)
First Black woman in the Texas Legislature
First Black to offer the keynote address at a major party political convention (1976 and 1992)
She lived with multiple sclerosis for 23 years.
And above all, she was one amazingly tough, ethical, eloquent lady.
2/21/36 - 1/17/96
- Barbara Jordan, during the Watergate hearings
US Representative from TX-18 1973-79
First Black woman from the South to serve in Congress
First Black in the Texas Senate since 1883 (1966-73)
First Black woman in the Texas Legislature
First Black to offer the keynote address at a major party political convention (1976 and 1992)
She lived with multiple sclerosis for 23 years.
And above all, she was one amazingly tough, ethical, eloquent lady.
2/21/36 - 1/17/96