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Jordan, Barbara Charline
Born: 1936 AD
Died: 1996 AD, at 60 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Died: 1996 AD, at 60 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
US lawyer and Democratic politician
Representative from Texas 1973-1979 (1st black woman elected to Congress from South)
delivered keynote address at Democratic National Convention 1976 (1st black woman keynote speaker)
Spingarn Medal 1992
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- "We must exchange the philosophy of excuse--what I am is beyond my control--for the philosophy of responsibility."
- "I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning I say:'What is my exciting thing for today?'Then, I do the day. Don't ask me about tomorrow."
- "What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise."
