A gifted orator, she spoke at the Nixon impeachment hearings and two Democratic conventions. While not a secret among her friends, she kept her 20-year relationship with Nancy Earl out of the public ...

Houston Congresswoman Barbara Jordan speaks during the House Judiciary Committee’s debate on articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon in 1974. Houston native Barbara Jordan was known ...

AUSTIN — In a mostly joyful but sometimes poignant ceremony late Monday afternoon, several Texas lawmakers and members of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority dedicated the Barbara Jordan State Office ...

The trailblazing lawmaker gets the honor decades after her death: The Texas Capitol Complex now has named a building after a Black Texan. For the first time, the Texas Capitol Complex has named a ...

Barbara Jordan was a woman of many firsts in her career. In her relatively short time in Congress and the Texas State Senate, she left an immeasurable impact and in a cynical and dark age in American ...

This is an opinion column. I’ve been blessed to share stages with several renowned citizens of this world—true leaders in their fields. It was often heady stuff for this kid from Tulsa. Few headier ...