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Jordan Barbara <1936-1996.> |
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Titolo |
Barbara Jordan [[electronic resource] ] : speaking the truth with eloquent thunder / / edited by Max Sherman |
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Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2007 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (129 p.) |
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Collana |
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Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; ; bk. 15 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Civil rights - United States |
Political ethics - United States |
Democracy - United States |
Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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United States Politics and government 1974-1977 |
United States Politics and government 1977-1981 |
United States Politics and government 1981-1989 |
United States Politics and government 1989- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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. |
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