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 ...

This year marks a milestone in Black American history. It’s the 50th anniversary of U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan’s televised speech to the nation regarding the impeachment of President Richard Nixon.

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 ...

If she were alive, Texan Barbara Jordan would heartily endorse the celebration of Juneteenth, the federal holiday signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2021. The congresswoman has faded into ...

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 ...