Barbara Jordan: Breaking the Barriers
Ann Fears Crawford was an astute observer of Texas's political life, who would always remember the first time she saw Barbara Jordan. Her biography of Jordan starts with Jordan's childhood in the Fifth Ward in Houston. Jordan went to college and law school. For a time, she had her own law practice. She campaigned on behalf of LBJ in 1960. She lost her own races to the House of Representatives in 1962 and 1964, but was elected to the Texas State Sena...
