(POLITICS) News photograph of Barbara Jordan newly elected t

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(POLITICS.) News photograph of Barbara Jordan, newly elected to the Texas Senate. Wire photograph, 10 x 8 inches, with inked United Press International stamp on verso; minimal wear. Houston, TX, 7 May 1966

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Barbara Jordan (1936-1996) is shown after becoming the first African-American to earn a seat in the Texas Senate since reconstruction. She later won three terms in the United States Congress, and delivered the keynote address at the 1976 Democratic Convention.