Shania Webster Barbara Jordan
Birth Date: February 21,1936 Death Date: January 17,1996 Early Life: • She grew up in a poor black neighborhood in Houston Texas. • Graduated Texas Southern University • Jordan launched her first bid for public office, seeking a spot in the Texas Legislature. Interesting Facts: • Occupation: Civil rights activist, U.S. representative • Middle name: Charline • Youngest of the daughters in a close knit family Why does your person deserve to be inducted into the Black History Hall of Fame? I think Barbara Jordan has done a lot in her life and should be in the Black History Hall of Fame. Barbara Charline Jordan was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after reconstruction the first Southern Black female elected to the United States house of representatives and the first African American woman to deliver the keynote address at a democratic national convention. In 1992 she was awarded the springam Medal from the NAACPA biographical vocation of Jordan’s life played in theaters from San Francisco to
New York. In 2012 Jordan was inducted into the Legacy walk, an outdoor Public display that celebrates LGBT history and people.