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.

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.

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.

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 ...

Members of Congress are facing an increasing amount of swatting, where police are forced to respond to threatening calls or emails — which often turn out to be a hoax.

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 ...

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks before President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington.

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 ...

Six members of the Champaign County Preservation Alliance were touring the picturesque downtown in Urbana, the central Ohio town where Representative Jim Jordan has made his mark as a state ...

The Barbara Jordan Building in Austin, ... Jordan, the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress from the South, had a long and storied career. Born in Houston in 1936, ...

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 ...