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Justice (open access)

Justice

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding an increasing crime level in the United States, lack of government action, and a lack of understanding of the justice system by the average American.
Date: June 4, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Justice (open access)

Justice

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding an increasing crime level in the United States, lack of government action, and a lack of understanding of the justice system by the average American. A number of handwritten edits can be seen across the document.
Date: June 4, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Yellowed Pages [Volumes 1-5] (open access)

The Yellowed Pages [Volumes 1-5]

Newsletter-styled compilation of portraits and stories about Audubon, Texas and its people in the early 20th century.
Date: unknown
Creator: Howard, Mary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Power & Light Company documents] (open access)

[Texas Power & Light Company documents]

Text labeled "Exhibit A" documenting the contract, rate schedules, lists of expenses and accounts for the Texas Power & Light Company.
Date: unknown
Creator: Texas Power & Light Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Statewide Plan for Vocational Rehabilitation: Guidelines for Regional Coordinating Committees and Task Forces (open access)

Texas Statewide Plan for Vocational Rehabilitation: Guidelines for Regional Coordinating Committees and Task Forces

Text of a study intended to develop a vocational rehabilitation program for handicapped individuals in Texas by July 1, 1975. It identifies those in need of vocational rehabilitation and operating requirements for such programs.
Date: March 17, 1967
Creator: Texas. State Project Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust (open access)

Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan before the National Association of Black Accountants Scholarship and Awards Banquet in Houston, Texas.
Date: May 8, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Democratic Woman of the Year (open access)

Democratic Woman of the Year

Text of an acceptance speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the National Democratic Women's Club, after receiving the award of Democratic Woman of the Year.
Date: March 12, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Orchestrating Our Own Renaissance: Culture, Collaboration and Technology (open access)

Orchestrating Our Own Renaissance: Culture, Collaboration and Technology

Text for a keynote address given by Barbara C. Jordan for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators in Dallas, Texas.
Date: March 24, 1994
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Still Looking For The Mean! (open access)

Still Looking For The Mean!

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, for the university's celebration of 125 years of service.
Date: April 8, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, Hartford, Connecticut - June 7, 1975 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, Hartford, Connecticut - June 7, 1975

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan in Hartford, Connecticut, about the American people's participation and confidence in government.
Date: June 7, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara C. Jordan Speech Notes] (open access)

[Barbara C. Jordan Speech Notes]

Handwritten notes for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan, about the concepts of love and caring.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Representative Barbara Jordan Commencement Address, William and Mary College (open access)

Representative Barbara Jordan Commencement Address, William and Mary College

Text for a commencement address given by Barbara C. Jordan at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Date: May 14, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan, Thurgood Marshall Tribute, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii (open access)

Barbara Jordan, Thurgood Marshall Tribute, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at a tribute to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall at the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Date: September 17, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
State Legislatures: Ethics and the 1990s (open access)

State Legislatures: Ethics and the 1990s

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Cincinnati, Ohio. She discusses the political ethical environment of the 1990s, the behavior of legislators, and racism.
Date: July 28, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
Opening Remarks, Institutional Investor Institute (open access)

Opening Remarks, Institutional Investor Institute

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at the Institutional Investor Institute in Washington D.C., about the establishment of economic policies.
Date: May 10, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the University of Virginia (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the University of Virginia

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, about governmental secrecy.
Date: March 25, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Regulatory Act of 1977 (open access)

The Regulatory Act of 1977

Text for testimony given by Barbara C. Jordan before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, in support of the Regulatory Reform Act of 1977 (S 600).
Date: May 24, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Womankind - June 25, 1977 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (open access)

Womankind - June 25, 1977 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Text of speech given by Barbara C. Jordan in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, about the difficulty in passing the Equal Rights Amendment, and how it relates to the issues of women's rights.
Date: June 25, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before Community Action Agency Directors Association - Rice Hotel - Oct. 23, 1974 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before Community Action Agency Directors Association - Rice Hotel - Oct. 23, 1974

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the Community Action Agency Directors, about the fight against inflation and the effect of political party affiliation.
Date: October 23, 1974
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan Remarks on the Equal Rights Amendment, 1976-1977] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Remarks on the Equal Rights Amendment, 1976-1977]

Handwritten text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding the Equal Rights Amendment and women in the workplace.
Date: [1976..1977]
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Realities of an Energy Policy (open access)

The Realities of an Energy Policy

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the Northeast District Legislative Conference of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union in Washington D.C.
Date: May 20, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Society of Plastics Industry - March 23, 1977 (open access)

Society of Plastics Industry - March 23, 1977

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Society of the Plastics Industry, covering the topic of public policy concerning energy conservation, de-regulation, and wind-fall profits.
Date: March 23, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan, University of Texas, Development and University Relations Seminar (open access)

Barbara Jordan, University of Texas, Development and University Relations Seminar

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Development and University Relations Seminar of the University of Texas.
Date: November 9, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John K. Boaz to Barbara C. Jordan - December 11, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from John K. Boaz to Barbara C. Jordan - December 11, 1992]

Letter from John K. Boaz of Illinois State University to Barbara C. Jordan, with an enclosed transcript of her Adlai E. Stevenson Memorial Lecture.
Date: December 11, 1992
Creator: Boaz, John K.
System: The Portal to Texas History