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

• Superior document: Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 15
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996.
• TeilnehmendeR: Sherman, Max R.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 15.
• Physical Description: xii, 96 p., [14] p. of plates :; ill.

Table of 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.