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Barbara Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an Americanlawyer, educator and politician.^[1] She was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement.

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She was a Democrat.

Jordan was the first African-American female elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction. She was also the first Southern African-American female elected to the United States House of Representatives.^[2] She was best known for her opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearing during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon.^[3]

Jordan taught political science at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama for a year.

She later returned to Houston.

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She started a private law practice.

Jordan got a Presidential Medal of Freedom, with many other honors. She was a member of the Peabody Awards' Board of Jurors from 1978 to 1980.^[4] She was the first African American female who was buried at the Texas State Cemetery.^[5]

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