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[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.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barbara Jordan and Other Women]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan, Ann Richards, Queen Elizabeth, and Lady Bird Johnson at an event. Queen Elizabeth and Ann Richards are wearing blue dresses, Jordan is wearing a white sweater and sitting in a wheelchair, and Lady Bird Johnson is wearing a pink dress on the right.
Date: 1992~
Creator: Guerrero Photographic Group
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Barbara Jordan]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan sitting for a portrait. She is wearing a dark-colored patterned dress, and visible from the chest up.
Date: 1992~
Creator: Guerrero Photographic Group
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Barbara Jordan]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan sitting for a portrait. She is wearing a dark-colored patterned dress, and visible from the chest up.
Date: 1992~
Creator: Guerrero Photographic Group
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Barbara Jordan]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan sitting for a portrait. She is wearing a dark-colored patterned dress, and visible from the chest up.
Date: 1992~
Creator: Guerrero Photographic Group
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Barbara Jordan]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan sitting for a portrait. She is wearing a dark-colored patterned dress, and visible from the chest up.
Date: 1992~
Creator: Guerrero Photographic Group
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Barbara Jordan and Lena Horne]

Photograph of Barbara Jordan, sitting in a wheelchair, and Lena Horne, sitting on a couch, posing for a portrait. Horne and Jordan are wearing dark-colored dresses. The sign behind them reads, "People for the American Way."
Date: 1992
Creator: Holmes, Martha
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accepting Democracy's Responsibilities (open access)

Accepting Democracy's Responsibilities

Text for a speech about the responsibility of democracy, given by Barbara C. Jordan as a Williams Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University.
Date: March 26, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accepting Democracy's Responsibilities (open access)

Accepting Democracy's Responsibilities

Text for a speech about the responsibility of democracy, given by Barbara C. Jordan as a Rosen Lecturer at the University of Vermont.
Date: March 27, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Barbara Jordan Address to: Concerned and Caring Educators, Omaha, Nebraska (open access)

Barbara Jordan Address to: Concerned and Caring Educators, Omaha, Nebraska

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan to Concerned and Caring Educators in Omaha, Nebraska.
Date: February 22, 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 - 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
"Change: From What to What?" (open access)

"Change: From What to What?"

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan as the keynote address for the 1992 Democratic National Convention.
Date: July 13, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Change: From What to What?" (open access)

"Change: From What to What?"

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan as the keynote address for the 1992 Democratic National Convention.
Date: July 13, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compassion V. Tough Love or Mother Teresa V. Marie Antoinette (open access)

Compassion V. Tough Love or Mother Teresa V. Marie Antoinette

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Federation for Community Planning in Cleveland, Ohio. The speech is entitled "Compassion V. Tough Love or Mother Teresa V. Marie Antoinette."
Date: March 20, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Does the Idea of Civil Rights Remain a Good Idea As We Approach the Year 2000 A.D.? (open access)

Does the Idea of Civil Rights Remain a Good Idea As We Approach the Year 2000 A.D.?

Text of a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Freedom Award ceremony at the National Civil Rights Museum. The speech covers the issue of civil rights in the upcoming millennia.
Date: September 10, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Is Our Democracy Healthy? (open access)

Is Our Democracy Healthy?

Handwritten notes for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan about democracy and the recent election. Also included is a transcript of an earlier speech, "Is Our Democracy At Risk?" with handwritten edits.
Date: November 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Is Our Democracy Healthy? (open access)

Is Our Democracy Healthy?

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan in Los Colinas, Texas. The speech addresses the health of American democracy as it relates to the recent election.
Date: November 12, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pro Bono Programs - Democracies' Guarantor (open access)

Pro Bono Programs - Democracies' Guarantor

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at the Pro Bono Conference in Austin, Texas.
Date: April 11, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Remarks--Accepting the Bess Wallace Truman Award (open access)

Remarks--Accepting the Bess Wallace Truman Award

Text of a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan, accepting the Bess Wallace Truman Award, and speaking of the meaning of the award through the years.
Date: May 7, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
U.S. Senators - A Distinction With a Difference (open access)

U.S. Senators - A Distinction With a Difference

Text of a speech, entitled "U.S. Senators - A Distinction With a Difference," given by Barbara C. Jordan befor the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
Date: April 25, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accepting Democracy's Responsibilities (open access)

Accepting Democracy's Responsibilities

Text of speech delivered at the University of Vermont by Barbara Jordan regarding the necessity of an educated electorate in a democratic nation.
Date: March 27, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Barbara Jordan's Freedom Award Acceptance Speech, September 10, 1992] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan's Freedom Award Acceptance Speech, September 10, 1992]

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan while accepting the Freedom Award at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. She discusses the history of civil rights movements for African-Americans.
Date: September 10, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rebirth of Ethics---A Pervasive Challenge (open access)

The Rebirth of Ethics---A Pervasive Challenge

Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the Association for Investment Management and Research in San Antonio, Texas. She discusses the faltering trust between Americans and the United States government.
Date: May 5, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History