As a member of Congress, Jordan focused on expanding civil rights protections. Charles Rangel and Barbara Jordan look over a copy of the Constitution during a House Judiciary Committee debate in 1974.

Barbara Jordan was one of the first Black and LGBTQ women in Congress, elected in 1972. A gifted orator, she spoke at the Nixon impeachment hearings and two Democratic conventions. While not a secret ...

Former Rep. Barbara Jordan, ... Ms. Jordan was chairwoman of the independent U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, a nine-member panel created by Congress. Ms. Jordan was born in Houston in 1936.

FILE--Former Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan smiles following her address to the United We Stand Conference in Dallas on Aug. 12, 1995. Jordan died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1996, in Austin, Texas.

RASCOE: Barbara, ultimately, these town halls, you know, they're just a snapshot in time, but it seems like they raise a lot of questions about where both parties go from here. SPRUNT: I think so.

Jordan hosts "An Evening with Barbara Jordan" at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin. She taught at UT after leaving Congress in 1979. LBJ Library/Frank Wolfe ...

Hwy 288 to be named in honor of Barbara Jordan, first African-American woman elected to the Texas Senate and U.S. Congress from a southern state. You'll see the new sign honoring the Texas icon on ...

Wednesday wasn’t a day for eloquence. It was a day in which some members of Congress stated facts and when others spewed insults, outrage and exaggeration. And when few on either side did so ...

Barbara Jordan was one of the first Black and LGBTQ women in Congress, elected in 1972. A gifted orator, she spoke at the Nixon impeachment hearings and two Democratic conventions. While not a secret ...