Barbara Jordan : : Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder / / ed. by Max Sherman.
Revered by Americans across the political spectrum, Barbara Jordan was "the most outspoken moral voice of the American political system," in the words of former President Bill Clinton, who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. Throughout her career as a Texas senator, U.S....
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (128 p.) :; 35 b&w photos |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Biography of Barbara Jordan, with Student Comments
- My Personal Introduction of Barbara Jordan
- erosion of civil liberties
- the national political stage
- rising to the occasion
- center stage
- the spotlight after congress
- barbara jordan’s take on three twenty-first-century political issues
- confirmation of supreme court justices
- immigration reform
- religious faith and politics
- the sylvanus thayer award
- unswerving dedication to principle
- Epilogue: Remarks of Bill Moyers at the Memorial Service for Barbara Jordan, University of Texas at Austin, January 28, 1996
- Notes