Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan - Convention of National Federation of Democratic Women (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan - Convention of National Federation of Democratic Women

Text of a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Convention of National Federation of Democratic Women in Washington, DC, about the theme of the convention: "Women Plus Unity Equals Power."
Date: April 29, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Convocation, April 15, 1978] (open access)

[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Convocation, April 15, 1978]

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to members of Kappa Delta Pi during their Biennial Convocation at Palmer House in Chicago, Illinois. Topics include education and the difficulties faced by educators.
Date: April 15, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Convocation, April 15, 1978] (open access)

[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Convocation, April 15, 1978]

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to members of Kappa Delta Pi during their Biennial Convocation at Palmer House in Chicago, Illinois. Topics include education and the difficulties faced by educators.
Date: April 15, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Convocation, April 15, 1978] (open access)

[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Convocation, April 15, 1978]

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to members of Kappa Delta Pi during their Biennial Convocation at Palmer House in Chicago, Illinois. Topics include education and the difficulties faced by educators.
Date: April 15, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Convocation, April 15, 1978] (open access)

[Remarks of Barbara Jordan at Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Convocation, April 15, 1978]

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to members of Kappa Delta Pi during their Biennial Convocation at Palmer House in Chicago, Illinois. Topics include education and the difficulties faced by educators.
Date: April 15, 1978
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tufts University, April 30, 1977 (open access)

Tufts University, April 30, 1977

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at a conference at Tufts University about national food policy.
Date: April 30, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tufts University - April 30, 1977 (open access)

Tufts University - April 30, 1977

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at Tufts University, about national food policy.
Date: April 30, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan at Southern Methodist University Law School, April 23, 1977] (open access)

[Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan at Southern Methodist University Law School, April 23, 1977]

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding voter dissatisfaction with the legal system of the United States and the barriers between the two.
Date: April 23, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, Southern Methodist University Law School, Saturday, April 23, 1977 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, Southern Methodist University Law School, Saturday, April 23, 1977

Text discussing public distrust of the legal system and suggestions for restoring public faith.
Date: April 23, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Testimony of representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary, House Committee on Appropriations, April 5, 1977 (open access)

[Testimony of representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary, House Committee on Appropriations, April 5, 1977

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan offering reasons for the Department of State to open a Passport Office in Houston, Texas,
Date: April 5, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, South Texas College of Law, April 2, 1977 (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan, South Texas College of Law, April 2, 1977

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan discussing the public's dissatisfaction towards the judicial system, saying that most people find it punitive, expensive, and inaccessible.
Date: April 2, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Rough Draft of Transcription of Speech by Congresswoman Barbara Jordan to the Texas School health Association, Houston, Texas, April 2, 1977] (open access)

[Rough Draft of Transcription of Speech by Congresswoman Barbara Jordan to the Texas School health Association, Houston, Texas, April 2, 1977]

Text of a transcript rough draft of a speech by Barbara Jordan at the Texas School Health Association. She discusses health care in the United States and takes questions from the audience.
Date: April 2, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Speech Before Texas School Health Association Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas, April 2, 1977, and Related Materials] (open access)

[Speech Before Texas School Health Association Marriott Hotel, Houston, Texas, April 2, 1977, and Related Materials]

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding comprehensive health care, health care for minors, and health education programs. The record includes a copy of the Journal of School Health, which contains a print copy of the speech. A memorandum on the journal, addressed to "Bud" and dated January 18, 1978, notes that Barbara Jordan's speech appears on page 643.
Date: April 2, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Emancipation of All the Minorities in the United States of America: Address to be Delivered to the Polish-American League of Houston, Texas (open access)

Emancipation of All the Minorities in the United States of America: Address to be Delivered to the Polish-American League of Houston, Texas

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the Polish-American League of Houston, Texas, about the issues of minorities and immigration in America.
Date: April 25, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Emancipation of All the Minorities in the United States of America: Address to be Delivered to the Polish-American League of Houston, Texas (open access)

Emancipation of All the Minorities in the United States of America: Address to be Delivered to the Polish-American League of Houston, Texas

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the Polish-American League of Houston, Texas, about the issues of minorities and immigration in America.
Date: April 25, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Emancipation of All the Minorities in the United States of America: Address to be Delivered to the Polish-American League of Houston, Texas (open access)

Emancipation of All the Minorities in the United States of America: Address to be Delivered to the Polish-American League of Houston, Texas

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the Polish-American League of Houston, Texas, about the issues of minorities and immigration in America.
Date: April 25, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Downtown Rotary Club (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Downtown Rotary Club

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Downtown Rotary Club in Houston, Texas, about governmental process and bills.
Date: April 22, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Do You Feel Like Celebrating! (open access)

Do You Feel Like Celebrating!

Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for a Bicentennial Gala Dinner of the National Council of Women of the United States, about how American's should celebrate the bicentennial.
Date: April 13, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Black Women Lawyers Association (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Black Women Lawyers Association

Speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Black Women Lawyers Association in Houston, Texas, about restoring equilibrium to American society.
Date: April 10, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Continuing American Revolution (open access)

The Continuing American Revolution

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the AFS Congressional Breakfast, about how the American Revolution extends beyond the war and into modern American life.
Date: April 30, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Continuing American Revolution (open access)

The Continuing American Revolution

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the National Council for the Social Studies, about how the American Revolution extends beyond the war and into modern American life.
Date: April 25, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights Senate Committee on the Judiciary, April 22, 1975, Extension of the Voting Rights Act (open access)

Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights Senate Committee on the Judiciary, April 22, 1975, Extension of the Voting Rights Act

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan in which she testified for the extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. She discusses discriminatory events that occurred before the act came to pass and warns of what could happen if it is allowed to expire.
Date: April 22, 1975
Creator: Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Peoples' Government (open access)

The Peoples' Government

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for The Volunteers of America, about the current form of government and whether it adequately serves its people.
Date: April 21, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Society of Newspaper Editors (open access)

American Society of Newspaper Editors

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the American Society of Newspaper Editors, joking about the upcoming 1976 presidential election.
Date: April 17, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History