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 ...

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.

Barbara Jordan was a woman of many firsts in her career. In her relatively short time in Congress and the Texas State Senate, she left an immeasurable impact and in a cynical and dark age in ...

Few headier than the day in the spring of 1994 when I shared a stage with Rep. Barbara Jordan, the esteemed then-former Texas congresswoman, the first Black woman elected to Congress from the ...

Jordan died on Jan. 17, 1996, of pneumonia from a complication with leukemia. During her career, Jordan was in Congress for six years. She does not have any specific legislation with her byline ...

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 ...