Barbara Jordan was my congresswoman when I was born.https://twitter.com/LBJLibrary/status/1098595403984003074 …
Barbara Jordan was born #onthisday in 1936. Today would have been her 83rd birthday.
Jordan, a civil rights movement leader, accomplished many firsts, including becoming the first African American elected to the Texas Senate post Reconstruction.
At the library, Oct. 18, 1976 pic.twitter.com/mzXPdYQwnU
At the library, Oct. 18, 1976 pic.twitter.com/mzXPdYQwnU
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