Barbara Jordan: Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder Book

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