Looking for a Vision for the 1990's (open access)

Looking for a Vision for the 1990's

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding the civil rights legacy of Lyndon Johnson.
Date: May 5, 1990
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minority Truckers (open access)

Minority Truckers

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding difficulties and discrimination faced by minority truckers.
Date: May 21, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of representative Barbara Jordan, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, May 13, 1975 (open access)

Remarks of representative Barbara Jordan, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, May 13, 1975

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding the Voting Rights Bill and its importance to civil rights.
Date: May 13, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Consent of the Governed: Profit or Loss (open access)

Consent of the Governed: Profit or Loss

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding the loss of public trust in the government, how to combat this loss, and economic concerns.
Date: May 14, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rebirth of Ethics---A Pervasive Challenge (open access)

The Rebirth of Ethics---A Pervasive Challenge

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the Association for Investment Management and Research in San Antonio, Texas. She discusses the faltering trust between Americans and the United States government.
Date: May 5, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Results of First Primary for 61st Legislature] (open access)

[Results of First Primary for 61st Legislature]

Typed results of the first primary for the Senate and House of Representatives of the 61st Legislature, including the names and addresses of candidates.
Date: May 4, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[University of Massachusetts at Amherst Commencement, May 31st, 1975] (open access)

[University of Massachusetts at Amherst Commencement, May 31st, 1975]

Commencement address by Barbara Jordan concerning the future of America, democracy, and the United States Constitution.
Date: May 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Remarks to South Carolina Democratic Party, May 6th, 1977 (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Remarks to South Carolina Democratic Party, May 6th, 1977

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan in which she discusses getting the disillusioned public interested in politics and voting.
Date: May 6, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legislative Notes, Series 60, No. 1] (open access)

[Legislative Notes, Series 60, No. 1]

Issue of Legislative Notes, a report on council activities for members of the Texas Legislature.
Date: May 20, 1968
Creator: Texas Legislative Council
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Summary of Recommendations of Other Commissions Bearing on Income Maintenance] (open access)

[Summary of Recommendations of Other Commissions Bearing on Income Maintenance]

Document for the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs summarizing the findings and recommendations of other commissions related to income maintenance.
Date: May 17, 1968
Creator: President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tax Facts and Spending Figures (open access)

Tax Facts and Spending Figures

Document entitled "Tax Facts and Spending Figures," with sections on state spending and tax revenue, alternative revenue raising measures available, and the tax burden in Texas.
Date: May 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs Members] (open access)

[President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs Members]

List of members of the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs, separated into those who would and wouldn't be present at an upcoming Commission meeting.
Date: May 25, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Address of Barbara Jordan to the Nationwide Insurance Management conference, May 21, 1981, Columbus, Ohio (open access)

Address of Barbara Jordan to the Nationwide Insurance Management conference, May 21, 1981, Columbus, Ohio

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding supply-side economics in the Reagan presidency.
Date: May 21, 1981
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks by Barbara Jordan before the American Pharmaceutical Association, May 15, 1977] (open access)

[Remarks by Barbara Jordan before the American Pharmaceutical Association, May 15, 1977]

Text of speech given by Barbara Jordan at the American Pharmaceutical Association. She discusses national health care, health care laws, and public drug education.
Date: May 15, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conviction Values (open access)

Conviction Values

Text for Barbara C. Jordan's commencement speech at the University of Texas about personal convictions and standards.
Date: May 24, 1986
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Public Philosophy: Revisited, Reaffirmed (open access)

The Public Philosophy: Revisited, Reaffirmed

Text for Barbara C. Jordan's commencement address at the University of Arkansas about the American public's view of America.
Date: May 10, 1986
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbra Jordan, 75th Anniversary Convention of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks - Washington, D.C., May 6, 1975 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbra Jordan, 75th Anniversary Convention of the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks - Washington, D.C., May 6, 1975

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding difficulties facing the United States and calling for a return to "government of, by, and for the people." (p. 5)
Date: May 6, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quo Vadis: Decision? (open access)

Quo Vadis: Decision?

Handwritten draft of a text by Barbara Jordan regarding politics, Congressional responsibilities, and contemporary issues. This was delivered as speech at the 1973 commencement of Delaware State College.
Date: May 13, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statement of Representative Barbara Jordan, Primary Election, May 1, 1976 (open access)

Statement of Representative Barbara Jordan, Primary Election, May 1, 1976

[1] p. ; 28 cm.
Date: May 1, 1976
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statement of Representative Barbara Jordan - Primary Election - May 1, 1976 (open access)

Statement of Representative Barbara Jordan - Primary Election - May 1, 1976

Text of a statement given by Barbara C. Jordan, urging the American people to vote in the upcoming primary election.
Date: May 1, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Values in Common (open access)

Values in Common

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the graduating class of Middlebury College. She discusses virtues necessary for a democracy: truth, tolerance, respect, and community.
Date: May 24, 1987
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension of the time limit for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (open access)

Extension of the time limit for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan calling for an extension and ratifcation of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Date: May 18, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Ethic of Responsibility (open access)

The Ethic of Responsibility

Text of a commencement speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the graduating class of Texas Tech University Law School. She discusses the necessity of values in the legal profession and how lawyers are the defenders of democracy.
Date: May 13, 1995
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Pollution Control for Houston (open access)

Air Pollution Control for Houston

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding the deterioration of air quality, the Clean Air Act, and Congressional reluctance to enforce expensive restrictions.
Date: May 28, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History