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Barbara Jordan: The Great Texas Orator

August 22, 2012 | By Claire Ronner

As the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the deep South, Barbara Jordan faced adversity on her road to success, but she did not let society’s limits define her.

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