Description
Book Synopsis
A collection of stirring speeches by former U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan that speaks to issues—ethics in government, civil liberties, and democratic values—still under intense debate in the twenty-first century.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Biography of Barbara Jordan, with Student Comments
- My Personal Introduction of Barbara Jordan
- Erosion of Civil Liberties: Commencement Speech, Howard University, May 11, 1974
- The National Political Stage
- Rising to the Occasion: The Constitutional Basis for Impeachment, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Hearings, July 25, 1974
- Center Stage: Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, July 12, 1976
- The Spotlight after Congress: Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, July 13, 1992
- Barbara Jordan's Take on Three Twenty-First-Century Political Issues
- Confirmation of Supreme Court Justices: Testimony in Opposition to the Nomination of Robert Bork, September 17, 1987
- Immigration Reform: Congressional Testimony as Chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, March 29, 1995
- Religious Faith and Politics: Prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1978; Address at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1984
- The Sylvanus Thayer Award
- Unswerving Dedication to Principle: 1995 Sylvanus Thayer Award Citation, West Point, October 5; Barbara Jordan's Thayer Award Acceptance
- Epilogue: Remarks of Bill Moyers at the Memorial Service for Barbara Jordan, University of Texas at Austin, January 28, 1996
- Notes
