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Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936-January 17, 1996): Lawyer, Educator, Civil Rights Activist, and First African American Congress Woman from the South
This is Barbara Charline Jordan. Barbara was born on February 21, 1936 in Houston, Texas to Benjamin Jordan, a Baptist minister and warehouse clerk and Arlyne Jordan, a housewife, maid, and church …