[Remarks by Barbara Jordan at PBS Program Fair Banquet, November 6, 1986] (open access)

[Remarks by Barbara Jordan at PBS Program Fair Banquet, November 6, 1986]

Text of remarks made by Barbara Jordan regarding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and maintaining objectivity in public television.
Date: November 6, 1986
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan - People for the American Way - "Spirit of Liberty Award" honoring Robert L. Bernstein (open access)

Barbara Jordan - People for the American Way - "Spirit of Liberty Award" honoring Robert L. Bernstein

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan, introducing the presentation of the "Spirit of Liberty Award" to Robert L. Bernstein, from People for the American Way.
Date: November 16, 1989
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Here, Sir, the People Govern" (open access)

"Here, Sir, the People Govern"

Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan before the Hollywood Women's Political Committee in Los Angeles, California. She discusses Rosa Parks and ongoing challenges to civil rights in the United States and abroad.
Date: November 3, 1989
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Equality, Liberty and the Pursuit of Community in America (open access)

Equality, Liberty and the Pursuit of Community in America

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Texas Committee for the Humanities, entitled "Equality, Liberty and the Pursuit of Community in America."
Date: November 13, 1987
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Intellectual and the Politician (open access)

The Intellectual and the Politician

Text of a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan as an address to the Graduate Assembly of the University of Texas-Austin Faculty Club. The speech is entitled "The Intellectual and the Politician."
Date: November 9, 1985
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Is Our Democracy At Risk? (open access)

Is Our Democracy At Risk?

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan as part of the Bea and Boone Pickens Distinguished Lecture Series of West Texas State University about American democracy.
Date: November 1, 1988
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Is Our Stewardship of Liberty Flagging? (open access)

Is Our Stewardship of Liberty Flagging?

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Spirit of Liberty Award Ceremony for People for the American Way in New York. Also included is a letter from Philip Bobbitt to Barbara Jordan containing quotes from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Judge Learned Hand, and Voltaire.
Date: November 17, 1988
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History