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Values in Common

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the graduating class of Middlebury College. She discusses virtues necessary for a democracy: truth, tolerance, respect, and community.
Date: May 24, 1987
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

A Congressional View of the Judiciary

Description: Text of speech that was to be delivered by Barbara Jordan at the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference in Houston, Texas. She discusses congressional dissatisfaction with the judiciary. The reasons she gives include their lifetime tenure, their pay, and the idea that they also write laws instead of merely adjudicate. Handwritten edits appear in the text.
Date: May 28, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Looking for a Vision for the 1990's

Description: Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding the civil rights legacy of Lyndon Johnson.
Date: May 5, 1990
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health and the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, May 11, 1977

Description: Text of speech delivered by Barbara Jordan asking for the inclusion of the text of H.R. 6854 into any future hospital cost containment laws. This calls for the inclusion of itemized statements when a patient leaves the hospital.
Date: May 11, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

A Congressional View of the Judiciary

Description: Text of speech that was to be delivered by Barbara Jordan at the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference in Houston, Texas. She discusses congressional dissatisfaction with the judiciary. The reasons she gives include their lifetime tenure, their pay, and the idea that they also write laws instead of merely adjudicate.
Date: May 24, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Quo Vadis Nixon II?

Description: Text of a speech given by Barbara Jordan regarding the Nixon Administration's Watergate scandal.
Date: May 2, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

A Congressional View of the Judiciary

Description: Text of speech that was to be delivered by Barbara Jordan at the Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference in Houston, Texas. She discusses congressional dissatisfaction with the judiciary. The reasons she gives include their lifetime tenure, their pay, and the idea that they also write laws instead of merely adjudicate.
Date: May 24, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

The Ethic of Responsibility

Description: Text of a commencement speech delivered by Barbara Jordan to the graduating class of Texas Tech University Law School. She discusses the necessity of values in the legal profession and how lawyers are the defenders of democracy.
Date: May 13, 1995
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Accountants: Stewards of the Public Trust

Description: Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan before the National Association of Black Accountants Scholarship and Awards Banquet in Houston, Texas.
Date: May 8, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

Opening Remarks, Institutional Investor Institute

Description: Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at the Institutional Investor Institute in Washington D.C., about the establishment of economic policies.
Date: May 10, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

The Regulatory Act of 1977

Description: Text for testimony given by Barbara C. Jordan before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, in support of the Regulatory Reform Act of 1977 (S 600).
Date: May 24, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

The Realities of an Energy Policy

Description: Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan before the Northeast District Legislative Conference of the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union in Washington D.C.
Date: May 20, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

Air Pollution Control for Houston

Description: Text for a statement made by Barbara C. Jordan before the Texas Air Control Board about the issue of air pollution in Houston, Texas.
Date: May 28, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

The Realities of an Energy Policy

Description: Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding the United States' lack of an energy policy and what the oil companies can do to deal with the situation.
Date: May 20, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Consent of the Governed: Profit or Loss

Description: Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding the loss of public trust in the government, how to combat this loss, and economic concerns. Included with this document is two pages of an editorial from CHANGE entitled "How Separate? How Equal?," which discusses black separatism and intellectualism and ends with a circled section about Barbara Jordan.
Date: May 14, 1975
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

Conviction Values

Description: Text for Barbara C. Jordan's commencement speech at the University of Texas about personal convictions and standards.
Date: May 24, 1986
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

The Realities of an Energy Policy

Description: Text of remarks by Barbara Jordan regarding the United States' lack of an energy policy and what the oil companies can do to deal with the situation.
Date: May 20, 1976
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University

The Regulatory Reform Act of 1977

Description: Text for testimony given by Barbara Jordan before the Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs about the Regulatory Reform Act of 1977.
Date: May 24, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

Quo Vadis Nixon II?

Description: Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan for the American Society of Newspapers in Washington, DC, about the implications of Watergate for the Richard Nixon and his presidency.
Date: May 2, 1973
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University

Minority Truckers

Description: Text of speech by Barbara Jordan regarding difficulties and discrimination faced by minority truckers.
Date: May 21, 1977
Creator: Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Partner: Texas Southern University
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