Barbara Jordan

Barbara Jordan was an American lawyer, educator and politician who was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction, the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.

She was best known for her eloquent opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearings during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon, and as the first African-American woman to deliver a keynote address at a Democratic National Convention.

Date of birth:
21st February, 1936
Date of death:
17th January, 1996
"Education remains the key to both economic and political empowerment."
― Barbara Jordan
Topic(s): Education
"What the people want is very simple – they want an America as good as its promise."
― Barbara Jordan
Topic(s): Good
"Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o’clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap."
― Barbara Jordan
Topic(s): Society
"A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation."
― Barbara Jordan
Topic(s): Government
"Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power."
― Barbara Jordan
Topic(s): Equality
"We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that."
― Barbara Jordan
Topic(s): Positive
"We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done."
― Barbara Jordan
Topic(s): Society
"Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party."
― Barbara Jordan
Topic(s): History
"We call ourselves public servants but I’ll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good."
― Barbara Jordan
Topic(s): Good

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