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Barbara Jordan
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Bronze
- Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level
- Achieve Success in Spite of Stress
- Songwriters Playground : Innovative Exercises in Creative Songwriting
- Beauty of the Moment
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- Total plays
- 374
Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American politician who was both a product and a leader, of the Civil Rights movement. She was the first African-American elected to the Texas Senate after reconstruction and the first Southern black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors. On her death she became the first African-American woman to be interred in the Texas State Cemetery.
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Barbara
- Family name
- Jordan
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Milwaukee
- Sibling
- Kathy Jordan
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Educated at
- Stanford University
- Sport
- tennis
- Country for sport
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1957-04-02
- handedness
- right-handedness
- playing hand
- right-handedness
- different from
- Barbara Jordan
- prize money
- 145534
- singles record
- 13–14
- doubles record
- 6–7
- ranking
- 78
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