In that same year, she also served briefly as acting Governor of Texas. In , she was elected to the United States House of Representatives and became the first black woman from a southern state to serve in that body.
During her career, she was the recipient of 31 honorary doctorates and numerous national awards. In , President Bill Clinton presented her with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a civilian.
In , Jordan began to suffer from multiple sclerosis. Jordan died of pneumonia, a complication of her battle with leukemia. The nation mourned the loss of a great pioneer who shaped the political landscape with her dedication to the Constitution, her commitment to ethics and her impressive oratory skills. President Clinton said, "Barbara always stirred our national conscience. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!
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Barbara Jordan was a U. Olivia Rodrigo —. Megan Thee Stallion —. She was the first Black woman elected to the Texas state senate and the first Black Texan in Congress.
She retired after three terms in Congress to become a professor and policy advocate. Her father, Benjamin Jordan, was a Baptist minister and warehouse clerk. Her mother Arlyne was a maid, housewife and church teacher. Jordan attended the segregated Phillis Wheatley High School, where a career day speech by Edith Sampson, a Black lawyer, inspired her to become an attorney. Jordan was a member of the inaugural class at Texas Southern University, a Black college hastily created by the Texas legislature to avoid having to integrate the University of Texas.
There Jordan joined the debate team and helped lead it to national renown. Three years later, Jordan earned her law degree as one of only two African American women in her class. She passed the Massachusetts and Texas bars and returned to Houston to open a law office in the Fifth Ward. Jordan volunteered for John F. She twice ran unsuccessfully for the Texas House before winning the contest for a newly created Texas State Senate district.
In Austin she won the respect of her colleagues and worked to pass a state minimum wage law that covered farmworkers.
She won, becoming the first African American woman from a Southern state to serve in the U. House of Representatives. With support from her close advisor Lyndon B. Johnson , Jordan was appointed to key posts including on the House Judiciary Committee.
Her speech was a staunch defense of the U. Two years later she was asked to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention—another first for an African American woman.
She became an active public speaker and advocate, amassing 25 honorary doctorates. Supreme Court.
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