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Barbara Jordan

Barbara Jordan. By: Shanya Sturdivant. Basic Info. Born on February 21, 1936 in Houston, Texas 1952 -1956 she was in Texas Southern University, graduated with honors Boston University Law School and graduated in 1959Died of complications from pneumonia on January 17, 1996. What she did.

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Barbara Jordan

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  1. Barbara Jordan By: Shanya Sturdivant

  2. Basic Info • Born on February 21, 1936 in Houston, Texas • 1952-1956 she was in Texas Southern University, graduated with honors • Boston University Law School and graduated in 1959Died of complications from pneumonia on January 17, 1996

  3. What she did • On November, 1972 • First African American Woman in U.S Congress from the South (Texas)

  4. Other Accomplishments • First place winner at the National Ushers Convention Oratorical Contest in Chicago, Illinois • Girl of the Year Award • June 1972, she was named Governor for a Day

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