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Barbara Jordan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

February 21, 1936(59)

Day of Death

January 17, 1996

Place of Birth

Houston, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Barbara Charline Jordan

Barbara Jordan

Acting

Biography

Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barbara Jordan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography