A gifted orator, she spoke at the Nixon impeachment hearings and two Democratic conventions. While not a secret among her friends, she kept her 20-year relationship with Nancy Earl out of the public ...
In the past, Texas Democrats have played big roles at Democratic National Conventions, with former Houston Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, former Gov. Ann Richards and former San Antonio Mayor Julián ...
DALLAS — Barbara Charline Jordan was born in Houston in 1936. She was the youngest of three girls. Jordan attended Phillis Wheatley High School, where a career day speech from Edith Sampson moved her ...