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050 00 $aE840.8.J62$bR63 1998
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100 1 $aRogers, Mary Beth.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81094248
245 10 $aBarbara Jordan :$bAmerican hero /$cMary Beth Rogers.
260 $aNew York :$bBantam Books,$c1998.
263 $a9812
300 $axviii, 414 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tColor --$gCh. 2.$tThe Ancestors --$gCh. 3.$tThe Community --$gCh. 4.$tThe Gift of Voice --$gCh. 5.$tThe Transition --$gCh. 6.$tThe Joy of Politics --$gCh. 7.$tThe Right to Vote --$gCh. 8.$tThe Pursuit of Power --$gCh. 9.$tFriends in High Places --$gCh. 10.$tThe Opportunity --$gCh. 11.$tRunning for Congress --$gCh. 12.$tThe U.S. Congress --$gCh. 13.$tWatergate --$gCh. 14.$t"One of Those Texas Tribal Things" --$gCh. 15.$tThe Voting Rights Act of 1975 --$gCh. 16.$tDemocrats --$gCh. 17.$tDecisions --$gCh. 18.$tWithdrawal and Renewal --$gCh. 19.$tAmerican Patriot --$gCh. 20.$tFinal Assignment.
520 $aThe first African American to serve in the Texas Senate since Reconstruction, Barbara Jordan was also the first black woman elected to Congress from the South, and the first to deliver the keynote address at a national party convention. Her powerful oratory stirred a nation; her ideals of ethical leadership inspired millions.
520 8 $aYet Jordan herself remained a mystery, a woman so private that even her close friends did not know the name of the illness that debilitated her for two decades until it struck her down at the age of fifty-nine.
520 8 $aMary Beth Rogers first met Barbara Jordan in the 1960s, and their paths crossed over the years as they pursued their academic and political careers. Now Rogers's meticulously documented biography deftly combines personal insight and impeccable research to explore the forces that shaped the moral character and quiet dignity of this extraordinary woman.
520 8 $aExamining Jordan's stark childhood as the daughter of a Baptist preacher in sharply segregated Houston, Rogers reveals the seeds of her trademark stoicism and recaptures the essence of a black woman entering politics as the civil rights movement exploded across the nation. Jordan's political career went on to be both groundbreaking and inspiring.
600 10 $aJordan, Barbara,$d1936-1996.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81063478
650 0 $aAfrican American women legislators$vBiography.
650 0 $aLegislators$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106857
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bHouse$vBiography.
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