03553nam 2200697 a 450 991045231030332120200520144314.00-292-79550-5(CKB)1000000000472963(OCoLC)156912210(CaPaEBR)ebrary10245831(SSID)ssj0000108806(PQKBManifestationID)11113990(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108806(PQKBWorkID)10036801(PQKB)11034000(MiAaPQ)EBC3571727(Au-PeEL)EBL3571727(CaPaEBR)ebr10245831(OCoLC)932326718(EXLCZ)99100000000047296320060524d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBarbara Jordan[electronic resource] speaking the truth with eloquent thunder /edited by Max Sherman1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press20071 online resource (129 p.) Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ;bk. 15Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-71637-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]).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.Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ;bk. 15.Civil rightsUnited StatesPolitical ethicsUnited StatesDemocracyUnited StatesSpeeches, addresses, etc., AmericanUnited StatesPolitics and government1974-1977United StatesPolitics and government1977-1981United StatesPolitics and government1981-1989United StatesPolitics and government1989-Electronic books.Civil rightsPolitical ethicsDemocracySpeeches, addresses, etc., American.328.73092BJordan Barbara1936-1996.922051Sherman Max R922052MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452310303321Barbara Jordan2069057UNINA