03215nam a2200469 a 4500 ebr10245831 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060524s2007 txuaf sb s000 0deng 2006017267 9780292716377 (cloth : alk. paper) 0292716370 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)156912210 n-us--- E838.5 .J6735 2007eb 328.73092 B 22 Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996. Barbara Jordan [electronic resource] : speaking the truth with eloquent thunder / edited by Max Sherman. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. xii, 96 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 15 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996. Civil rights United States. Political ethics United States. Democracy United States. Speeches, addresses, etc., American. 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- Electronic books. local Sherman, Max R. ebrary, Inc. Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series ; bk. 15. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10245831 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 35632 35632