Community Organization - A Necessary Link (open access)

Community Organization - A Necessary Link

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan regarding the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, and its environmental and employment issues.
Date: October 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Crime (open access)

Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Crime

Transcript of testimony given by Barbara C. Jordan before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, presenting a bill for incorporation into the subcommittee's 1976 amendments.
Date: March 11, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
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
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara C. Jordan Speech Notes] (open access)

[Barbara C. Jordan Speech Notes]

Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan about the criminal justice system in America.
Date: February 11, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall Building Dedication, February 14th, 1976] (open access)

[Texas Southern University - Thurgood Marshall Building Dedication, February 14th, 1976]

Draft of a speech delivered at the dedication of the Thurgood Marshall Building at Texas Southern University regarding the future of the University.
Date: February 14, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Senator Barbara Jordan To The State Democratic Convention, Dallas, Texas - September 15, 1970 (open access)

Remarks of Senator Barbara Jordan To The State Democratic Convention, Dallas, Texas - September 15, 1970

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the State Democratic Convention in Dallas, Texas, on which she served as the first African American officer.
Date: September 15, 1970
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund (open access)

Remarks of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund

Text of a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, concerning the impeachment of Richard Nixon.
Date: April 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft: Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 94th Congress, Second Session] (open access)

[Draft: Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 94th Congress, Second Session]

Draft of an issue of the Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 94th Congress, Second Session, with a printing of Barbara C. Jordan's keynote address at the Democratic National Convention and an introduction by Charles Wilson. Edits are handwritten in red ink.
Date: July 21, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Community Organization - A Necessary Link (open access)

Community Organization - A Necessary Link

Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding poverty and poor conditions in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas. Handwritten notes appear among the typed text.
Date: October 11, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Black Lawyer: Explorer & Reformer (open access)

The Black Lawyer: Explorer & Reformer

Speech associated with the National Bar Association in Houston Texas, entitled "The Black Lawyer: Explorer & Reformer." The body of the text is crossed out with a hand-drawn "X."
Date: August 1, 1976
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[1970 Platform of the Democratic Party of Texas] (open access)

[1970 Platform of the Democratic Party of Texas]

Detailed report containing the 1970 official platform of the democratic party of Texas.
Date: 1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greater Fifth Ward, Citizens League Banquet, October 2, 1976 (open access)

Greater Fifth Ward, Citizens League Banquet, October 2, 1976

Text of a speech by Barbara C. Jordan entitled "Advocating," given at the Greater Fifth Ward Citizens League Banquet in Houston, Texas.
Date: October 2, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara C. Jordan Democratic National Convention Speech] (open access)

[Barbara C. Jordan Democratic National Convention Speech]

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan as the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden.
Date: July 12, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coalition for Purification (open access)

Coalition for Purification

Text of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan at the AFL-CIO convention in October of 1973 regarding the Nixon administration's opposition to welfare programs.
Date: October 19, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of Speech to Texas Junior College Teachers Association, March 6th, 1976] (open access)

[Draft of Speech to Texas Junior College Teachers Association, March 6th, 1976]

Typed draft of a speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the Texas Junior College Teachers Association. Censorship of class texts are discussed. Edits are written on each page of the document.
Date: March 6, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session (open access)

Senate Journal: Sixty-second Legislature - Third Called Session

Issue of the Senate Journal for the 62nd Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, with details about the proceedings of the legislature. On the back of the journal is an article written in memory of Reverend B. M. Jordan, Barbara C. Jordan.
Date: June 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[American University Commencement Address, February 1st, 1976] (open access)

[American University Commencement Address, February 1st, 1976]

Text containing a typed speech that discusses the United States Constitution as well as violations by government organizations. Notes are handwritten between paragraphs.
Date: 1976-02~
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Leon Jaworski and Barbara C. Jordan, November 1971] (open access)

[Correspondence between Leon Jaworski and Barbara C. Jordan, November 1971]

Letters sent between Barbara C. Jordan and Leon Jaworski, regarding Jaworski's appointment to the American Bar Association's Special Committee on Youth Education for Citizenship.
Date: November 1970
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C. & Jaworski, Leon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bishop College Commencement, May 2nd, 1976] (open access)

[Bishop College Commencement, May 2nd, 1976]

Draft of a convocation speech that was to be delivered by Barbara Jordan at Bishop College. Topics include the history and future of the college and of the United States of America.
Date: May 2, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Draft of National Education Association Speech] (open access)

[Draft of National Education Association Speech]

Text for the draft of a speech to be given to the National Education Association, hoping to move them to hold their teachers individually accountable for quality, unbiased education in order to combat racism and lack of educational funding.
Date: 1976~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History