National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of Lynda Lanker and a museum purchase made possible with generous support from Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker, Agnes Gund, Kate Kelly and George Schweitzer, Lyndon J. Barrois Sr. and Janine Sherman Barrois, and Mark and Cindy Aron
A segment of the television program, 60 Minutes, profiles the life and work of U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan. The news segment covers Jordan growing up and living in the fifth ward of Houston, Texas; challenges of becoming and being an African American woman politician; and how she and other politicians in Congress and Texas worked together.
Interview. Part of Broadcast Programs. Undated.
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