Houston Congresswoman Barbara Jordan speaks during the House Judiciary Committee’s debate on articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon in 1974. Houston native Barbara Jordan was known ...

This is an opinion column. I’ve been blessed to share stages with several renowned citizens of this world—true leaders in their fields. It was often heady stuff for this kid from Tulsa. Few headier ...

Barbara Jordan was a woman of many firsts in her career. In her relatively short time in Congress and the Texas State Senate, she left an immeasurable impact and in a cynical and dark age in American ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. When voters in Texas’s Eighteenth ...

A gifted orator, she spoke at the Nixon impeachment hearings and two Democratic conventions. While not a secret among her friends, she kept her 20-year relationship with Nancy Earl out of the public ...

Houston native and renowned artist Angelbert Metoyer grew up knowing about Barbara Jordan. But when he was commissioned to design a monument to the congresswoman, lawyer and civil rights activist, ...

Barbara Jordan was a woman of many firsts in her career. In her relatively short time in Congress and the Texas State Senate, she left an immeasurable impact. And in a cynical and dark age in American ...