Barbara Jordan - Congregation Beth Israel (open access)

Barbara Jordan - Congregation Beth Israel

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for Congregation Beth Israel in Houston, Texas, about the relationship between African American and Jewish communities.
Date: January 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan - Congregation Beth Israel (open access)

Barbara Jordan - Congregation Beth Israel

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for Congregation Beth Israel in Houston, Texas, about the relationship between African American and Jewish communities.
Date: January 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan's Casket Being Delivered to Good Hope Baptist Church]

Photograph of people gathering as Barbara Jordan's casket is delivered to her funeral service at Good Hope Baptist Church. Her casket is being handled and guarded by Houston Police. People in the background are wearing dark-colored clothing.
Date: January 20, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Honor Guard Saluting Barbara Jordan at Her Funeral Service]

Photograph of a member of an honor guard saluting Barbara Jordan at her funeral service at Good Hope Baptist Church, with two other members standing guard on either side of her casket. There is a man sitting in a chair looking at her in the bottom left corner.
Date: January 20, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Edna Mae Grovey, January 5, 1967] (open access)

[Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Edna Mae Grovey, January 5, 1967]

Letter from Barbara C. Jordan to Edna Mae Grovey, thanking her and the Council of E. O. Smith Junior High for contributing to her Senate campaign and extending an invitation to attend her swearing in ceremony.
Date: January 5, 1967
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Kevin Sullivan to Ralph Carrigan, January 12, 1977] (open access)

[Letter from Kevin Sullivan to Ralph Carrigan, January 12, 1977]

Letter from Kevin Sullivan to Ralph Carrigan regarding an enclosed copy of Barbara Jordan's speech to the Fifth Circuit Conference. The speech is not included in the record. Sullivan says that Carrigan may use the address in a spring issue of The Houston Lawyer.
Date: January 12, 1977
Creator: Sullivan, Kevin J.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oliver Pierce to Barbara C. Jordan, January 22, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Oliver Pierce to Barbara C. Jordan, January 22, 1968]

Letter from Oliver Pierce to Barbara C. Jordan, requesting to file for a divorce from his wife, Geneva Pierce. Included is the envelope.
Date: January 22, 1968
Creator: Pierce, Oliver
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Yeura S. Smith to Barbara C. Jordan, January 17, 1968] (open access)

[Letter from Yeura S. Smith to Barbara C. Jordan, January 17, 1968]

Letter from Yeura S. Smith to Barbara C. Jordan, thanking her for visiting her office.
Date: January 17, 1968
Creator: Smith, Yeura S.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Attend Barbara Jordan's Funeral Service]

Photograph of a group of people attending Barbara Jordan's funeral service. The people are standing under umbrellas, and wearing various colored clothing.
Date: January 20, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[People Pay Their Respects Outside Barbara Jordan's Funeral]

Photograph of people standing in the rain outside Barbara Jordan's funeral, paying their respects. People are dressed in dark- and light-colored clothing, and there is a police officer in uniform in front of the line of people.
Date: January 20, 1996
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Barbara Jordan and Three Men]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan, Preston Smith, and two associates of the Conservation Federation of Texas speak at the Baytown Oyster Fry. Jordan is wearing a dark-colored dress, Smith is wearing a dark-colored suit, and the two associates are wearing light-colored shirts and dark-colored pants. There are two deer mounted on the wall in the background.
Date: January 26, 1968
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saving the Family (open access)

Saving the Family

Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at a Delta Sigma Theta Banquet in Houston, Texas. Topics include the changes and neglect of the family unit in the United States, with focus on African-American families.
Date: January 8, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saving the Family (open access)

Saving the Family

Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at a Delta Sigma Theta Banquet in Houston, Texas. Topics include the changes and neglect of the family unit in the United States, with focus on African-American families. Handwritten edits appear across the photocopied document.
Date: January 8, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saving the Family (open access)

Saving the Family

Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at a Delta Sigma Theta Banquet in Houston, Texas. Topics include the changes and neglect of the family unit in the United States, with focus on African-American families. Handwritten edits appear across the document.
Date: January 8, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History