Barbara Charline Jordan was an American lawyer, educator, and politician. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction, the first Southern African-American ... Wikipedia
Born: February 21, 1936, Houston, TX
Died: January 17, 1996 (age 59 years), Austin, TX
Siblings: Bennie Jordan Creswell
Parents: Arlyne Patten Jordan and Benjamin Jordan
Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom and Spingarn Medal
Party: Democratic Party
Education: Texas Southern University, Boston University School of Law, Boston University, and more
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