Serial/Series Title

Shaping America's Future (open access)

Shaping America's Future

Draft of convocation speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to students at the Tuskegee Institute of Alabama regarding African-American involvement in politics. The document is annotated with handwritten notes.
Date: September 11, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Tuskegee Institute Convocation, September 12th, 1976] (open access)

[Tuskegee Institute Convocation, September 12th, 1976]

Convocation speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to students at the Tuskegee Institute of Alabama regarding African-American involvement in politics.
Date: September 12, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Group of People Wait Outside the Tuskegee Intitute]

Photograph of people standing outside the Tuskegee Institute. The brown building in the background is the Tuskegee Institute.
Date: September 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Group of People Walk by a Car]

Photograph of a group of people, including Barbara Jordan, walking by a car on their way into the Tuskegee Institute. Jordan is pictured second from the front in a blue dress. They are being escorted by police officers.
Date: September 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan Being Handed a Bouquet of Flowers at the Tuskegee Institute]

Photograph of a group of women standing behind Barbara Jordan as she is handed a bouquet of flowers. In the background, there is a statue of two men. Jordan is pictured center wearing a blue dress.
Date: September 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan Being Handed a Bouquet of Flowers at the Tuskegee Institute]

Photograph of a group of women standing behind Barbara Jordan as she is handed a bouquet of flowers. In the background, there is a statue of two men. Jordan is pictured center wearing a blue dress.
Date: September 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Group of People Walk Into the Tuskegee Institute]

Photograph of a group of people, including Barbara Jordan, walking into the Tuskegee Institute. Jordan is pictured second from the front in a blue dress. They are being escorted by police officers.
Date: September 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan With Young Women of the Tuskegee Institute]

Photograph of a group of women standing behind Barbara Jordan as she holds a bouquet of flowers. In the background, there is a statue of two men. Jordan is pictured center wearing a blue dress.
Date: September 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan With Young Women of the Tuskegee Institute]

Photograph of a group of women standing behind Barbara Jordan as she holds a bouquet of flowers. In the background, there is a statue of two men. Jordan is pictured center wearing a blue dress.
Date: September 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History