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Download or read book Barbara Jordan written by Max Sherman and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of speeches by the much-admired congresswoman on the importance of ethics, the threat of tyranny, faith and politics, and more. Through her career as a Texas senator, US congresswoman, and distinguished professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Barbara Jordan lived by a simple creed: “Ethical behavior means being honest, telling the truth, and doing what you said you were going to do.” Her strong stand for ethics in government, civil liberties, and democratic values still provides a standard around which the nation can unite in the twenty-first century. This volume collects several major speeches that articulate her most deeply held values. They include: “Erosion of Civil Liberties,” a commencement address delivered at Howard University on May 12, 1974, in which Jordan warned that “tyranny in America is possible” “The Constitutional Basis for Impeachment,” Jordan’s ringing defense of the US Constitution before the House Judiciary Committee investigating the Watergate break-in Keynote addresses to the 1976 and 1992 Democratic National Conventions, in which Jordan set forth her vision of the party as an advocate for the common good and catalyst of change Testimony in the U.S. Congress on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork and on immigration reform Meditations on faith and politics from two National Prayer Breakfasts Acceptance speech for the 1995 Sylvanus Thayer Award presented by the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy, in which Jordan challenged the military to uphold the values of “duty, honor, country” Accompanying the speeches are context-setting introductions by editor Max Sherman as well as the eloquent eulogy Bill Moyers delivered at Jordan’s memorial service, in which he summed up her remarkable life and career by saying, “Just when we despaired of finding a hero, she showed up.”
Book Synopsis Barbara Jordan, a Self-portrait by : Barbara Jordan
Download or read book Barbara Jordan, a Self-portrait written by Barbara Jordan and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1979 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography of the Afro-American woman who, after serving in the Texas legislature, became a representative to the United States Congress.
Book Synopsis Barbara Jordan by : Mary Beth Rogers
Download or read book Barbara Jordan written by Mary Beth Rogers and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barbara Jordan was the first African American to serve in the Texas Senate since Reconstruction, the first black woman elected to Congress from the South, and the first to deliver the keynote address at a national party convention. Yet 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. In Barbara Jordan, Mary Beth Rogers deftly explores the forces that shaped the moral character and quiet dignity of this extraordinary woman. She reveals the seeds of Jordan's trademark stoicism while recapturing the essence of a black woman entering politics just as the civil rights movement exploded across the nation. Celebrating Jordan's elegance, passion, and patriotism, this illuminating portrayal gives new depth to our understanding of one of the most influential women of our time-a woman whose powerful convictions and flair for oratorical drama changed the political landscape of America's twentieth century.
Book Synopsis What Do You Do with a Voice Like That? by : Chris Barton
Download or read book What Do You Do with a Voice Like That? written by Chris Barton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “When Barbara Jordan talked, we listened.” —Former President of the United States, Bill Clinton Congresswoman Barbara Jordan had a big, bold, confident voice—and she knew how to use it! Learn all about her amazing career in this illuminating and inspiring picture book biography of the lawyer, educator, politician, and civil rights leader. Even as a child growing up in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, Barbara Jordan stood out for her big, bold, booming, crisp, clear, confident voice. It was a voice that made people sit up, stand up, and take notice. So what do you do with a voice like that? Barbara took her voice to places few African American women had been in the 1960s: first law school, then the Texas state senate, then up to the United States congress. Throughout her career, she persevered through adversity to give voice to the voiceless and to fight for civil rights, equality, and justice. New York Times bestselling author Chris Barton and Caldecott Honoree Ekua Holmes deliver a remarkable picture book biography about a woman whose struggles and mission continue to inspire today.
Book Synopsis Barbara C. Jordan--selected Speeches by : Barbara Jordan
Download or read book Barbara C. Jordan--selected Speeches written by Barbara Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this volume, editor Sandra Parham (Archivist, Barbara Jordan Archives) has selected speeches that give readers an insight into Jordan's philosophy on ethics, diversity, and government at a time when our citizens have serious questions about all three. Although printed speeches may not adequately express Jordan's abilities as a consummate orator, they do share her determination, tenacity, and absolute sense of integrity and ethical responsibility. In fact, her emphasis on ethics in government could be summed up in these words: "Just because it's legal, doesn't make it right!""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Book Synopsis Barbara Jordan Speaking Out by : James Haskins
Download or read book Barbara Jordan Speaking Out written by James Haskins and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the Congresswoman from Texas, the first black woman ever to be elected to that office from the South.
Download or read book Barbara Jordan written by Max Sherman and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stirring speeches by former U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan that speaks to issues--ethics in government, civil liberties, and democratic values--still under intense debate in the twenty-first century.
Book Synopsis Barbara Jordan, a Self-portrait by : Barbara Jordan
Download or read book Barbara Jordan, a Self-portrait written by Barbara Jordan and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1979 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography of the Afro-American woman who, after serving in the Texas legislature, became a representative to the United States Congress.
Book Synopsis Barbara Jordan: Politician and Civil Rights Leader by : Duchess Harris
Download or read book Barbara Jordan: Politician and Civil Rights Leader written by Duchess Harris and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barbara Jordan's work as an educator, a lawyer, and a politician helped shape the American civil rights movement. Barbara Jordan: Politician and Civil Rights Leader explores her legacy. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Book Synopsis A Private Woman in Public Spaces by : Barbara A. Holmes
Download or read book A Private Woman in Public Spaces written by Barbara A. Holmes and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2000-06-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive analysis of Barbara Jordan's written speeches. The speeches offer important insights into Jordan's moral theories and her model of a flourishing multi-ethnic society.
Book Synopsis Barbara Jordan by : Ann Fears Crawford
Download or read book Barbara Jordan written by Ann Fears Crawford and published by Halcyon Press Ltd.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of this African American woman who was a respected lawyer, politician, teacher, and spokesperson for democracy.
Download or read book Make it Plain written by Vernon Jordan Jr and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Americans have always relied on the oral tradition -- storytelling, preaching, and speechmaking -- to assert their rights and preserve and pass on their history and culture. In the pulpit, courtroom, or cotton field, they have understood the power of words, distinctively delivered, to educate and inspire. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., one of the nation's finest speakers, imbibed this tradition as a young man and has given it his own unique inflection from his work on the civil rights front lines, to the National Urban League, to positions of influence at the highest level of business and politics. A friend and confidant to presidents, Jordan has never forgotten the men and women -- from Ruby Hurley to Wiley Branton to Gardner C. Taylor to Martin Luther King, Jr. -- whose oratorical skill in service to social justice deeply influenced him. Their examples and voices, reflected in Vernon's own, make this book both a history and an embodiment of black speech at its finest: Full of emotion, controlled force, righteous indignation, love of country, and awe in front of the God-given challenges ahead.
Book Synopsis Teaching Black History to White People by : Leonard N. Moore
Download or read book Teaching Black History to White People written by Leonard N. Moore and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonard Moore has been teaching Black history for twenty-five years, mostly to white people. Drawing on decades of experience in the classroom and on college campuses throughout the South, as well as on his own personal history, Moore illustrates how an understanding of Black history is necessary for everyone. With Teaching Black History to White People, which is “part memoir, part Black history, part pedagogy, and part how-to guide,” Moore delivers an accessible and engaging primer on the Black experience in America. He poses provocative questions, such as “Why is the teaching of Black history so controversial?” and “What came first: slavery or racism?” These questions don’t have easy answers, and Moore insists that embracing discomfort is necessary for engaging in open and honest conversations about race. Moore includes a syllabus and other tools for actionable steps that white people can take to move beyond performative justice and toward racial reparations, healing, and reconciliation.
Download or read book Barbara Jordan written by Lucia Raatma and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barbara Jordan was the first African American elected to the Texas senate and a leader in the Civil Rights movement. From an early age, she was recognized for her educational excellence, and her gift of language and debate. Her presence in the House of Representatives in 1966 was not well received, but Jordan quickly won her colleagues over with her intelligence and commitment to her constituents. Her later years were spent on educational work and in 1994 she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton. This book details her life and career achievements while focusing on the Civil Rights Movement. History-specific terms, timelines, primary source, photographs, quotes and excerpts round out this book about this important and worldly individual.
Book Synopsis Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life by : Karen Fields
Download or read book Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life written by Karen Fields and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Marketing Blurb
Book Synopsis The Well-Spoken Woman by : Christine K. Jahnke
Download or read book The Well-Spoken Woman written by Christine K. Jahnke and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With access to her expertise, you.ll learn strategies that will help you present your best self in forums from PTA meetings to TV studios, conferences to classrooms, boardrooms to YouTube.
Book Synopsis Great Speeches For Better Speaking by : Michael E. Eidenmuller
Download or read book Great Speeches For Better Speaking written by Michael E. Eidenmuller and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-06-25 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the art of persuasion with lessons from the best speakers of our time. Throughout history, they have moved us. They have enlightened and inspired us. They are our nation's most influential speakers, gifted with the talent to change minds and hearts. What is the almost magical power they possess--and how can you harness it for yourself? The answers are here in this illuminating guide to unforgettable oratory. Complete with a ninety-minute CD featuring six great speeches in their entirety, this tool kit for speakers takes you through an in-depth analysis of these historically significant speeches and the secrets of their eloquent effectiveness. With close examination of each speech, you'll get lessons on how to: Address a difficult situation with help from the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan Bring divergent interests together with effective arguments like Edward Kennedy Capture and hold your audience's attention by mastering General Douglas MacArthur's structual techniques Style a formal speech with the elegance of John F. Kennedy Maximize your delivery by studying the power of Barbara Jordan's voice Use Mary Fisher's special rhetorical tactics to sway even the toughest audience
