TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jordan,Barbara
AU  - Sherman,Max R.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Barbara Jordan: speaking the truth with eloquent thunder 
T2  - Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series
AV  - E838.5 .J6735 2007eb
U1  - 328.73092B 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Jordan, Barbara,
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - United States
KW  - Political ethics
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Speeches, addresses, etc., American
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1974-1977
KW  - 1977-1981
KW  - 1981-1989
KW  - 1989-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10245831
ER  -