Topic: Barbara Jordan

Sanity at last

Take a bow, Miami-Dade County Commissioners Lynda Bell, Esteban Bovo, Audrey Edmonson, Sally Heyman, Barbara Jordan, Dennis Moss and Rebeca Sosa...

Tennis birthdays - March 15, 2011

Eliot Teltscher (USA), 52 An American who reached a career-high No. 6 in 1982. He was the USTA's director of high performance from 2002 to 2006. He...
They used to sing:. . Oh Freedom Oh Freedom Oh Freedom over me And before I'd be a slave I'll be buried in my grave, And go home to my God and be...

Women in History(Black Lesbian)

Here are just some of the black lesbian and bisexual women who put their sexual orientation on the line..It's a know fact that one our famous writers was Audre Lorde..Audre Lorde was born in February 18,1934. some thing ...
com and The Virtual Stamp Club, the USPS has provided a sneak preview of its first class 2011 USPS stamps program. The U.S. Postal Service will continue its release of collectible postage stamps in the Black Heritage, Hollywood Legends, Lunar New ...

Barbara Jordan

Barbara Jordan, the congresswoman elected from Texas in 1972 was a champion of diversity and voter's rights. " Photograph by Tom O'Halloran, 1976 April 7, Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Jerry EricksonPublished: July 22, 2009 As the Obama administration begins to tackle the issues associated with immigration reform, it is undoubtedly searching for the keys to fixing our broken and neglected immigration system. The issues that we face are not all new ...

The Lobby

Senior partner at McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore / Has been a lobbyist for forty years / Clients include Exxon Mobil, the Texas Film Industry Group, GE Capital Corporation, and the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas. " He didn't want to do it himself, so he ...

TEXAS MONTHLY TALKS

You're the most prominent African American Texan in Washington, and you have Barbara Jordan's old congressional seat, so this must be an incredibly resonant moment for you-to see the election of the first African American president in our history. When ...

Death and Texas

The $4.7 million, two-and-a-half-year project had been initiated at the urging of Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock and completed with help from a variety of sources: It is the final resting place of 1,860 Confederate and Republic of Texas veterans, eleven ...