Barbara Jordan graduated from Texas Southern University in 1956. She received her law degree from Brown University in 1959. She was elected as the first African American woman to the Texas Senate in 1966 and became the second African American woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972. | Source: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Honor-Barbara-Jordan-as-a-fiery-apostle-of-14277522.phpDownload Original File
