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Author Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996.

Title Barbara Jordan : speaking the truth with eloquent thunder / edited by Max Sherman.

Publication Info. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
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Call No.E838.5 .J6735 2007 Accompanying DVD at Circulation Desk.
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Edition 1st ed.
Description xii, 96 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)
Series Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 15
Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 15.
Contents Biography of Barbara Jordan, with student comments -- My personal introduction of Barbara Jordan -- Erosion of civil liberties : commencement speech, Howard University, May 11, 1974 -- The national political stage : rising to the occasion : the constitutional basis for impeachment, U.S. House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings, July 25, 1974 -- Center stage : Democratic National Convention keynote address, July 12, 1976 -- The spotlight after Congress : Democratic National Convention keynote address, July 13, 1992 -- Barbara Jordan's take on three twenty-first-century political issues : confirmation of Supreme Court Justices : testimony in opposition to the nomination of Robert Bork, September 17, 1987 -- Immigration reform : congressional testimony as chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, March 29, 1995 -- Religious faith and politics : prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1978; address at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1984 -- The Sylvanus Thayer Award : unswerving dedication to principle : 1995 Sylvanus Thayer Award citation, West Point, October 5; Barbara Jordan's Thayer Award acceptance -- Epilogue : remarks of Bill Moyers at the memorial service for Barbara Jordan, University of Texas at Austin, January 28, 1996.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 97).
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1974-1977.
United States.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1974-1977
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1977-1981.
Chronological Term 1977-1981
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989.
Chronological Term 1981-1989
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Chronological Term 1989-
Subject Civil rights -- United States.
Civil rights.
Political ethics -- United States.
Political ethics.
Democracy -- United States.
Democracy.
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996.
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Added Author Sherman, Max R.
ISBN 9780292716377 cloth alkaline paper
0292716370 cloth alkaline paper

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