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“I hope to make a lot of people happy with my music. . . . Words have a strong message, and somewhere out there somebody?s going through something. And if I can touch somebody in that way, that?s the ultimate.”
“I hope to make a lot of people happy with my music. . . . Words have a strong message, and somewhere out there somebody?s going through something. And if I can touch somebody in that way, that?s the ultimate.”
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Barbara Jordan (1936 - 1996)
In the Gallery | Politician
Barbara Jordan was an American politician from Texas. She served as a congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979.
Web Sites
- http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/JJ/fjoas.html
- http://www.twu.edu/twhf/tw-jordan.asp
- http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2003/jordan.html
- http://www.utexas.edu/gtw/jordan.php
- http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/barbarajordanforum/
Quotes
- "Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power. "
- "Human rights is not a temporary or transitory political issue. We have got to respect the humanity of each other and know that no one has the right to rule others."
- "I?m neither a black politician, nor a woman politician, just a politician. . . . I am here simply because all those people in the 18th District of Texas cannot get on planes and buses and come to Washington to speak for themselves. They have elected me as their spokesman, nothing else, and my only job is to speak for them."
- "What the people want is very simple. They want an America as good as its promise."
