News 88.7 in partnership with Humanities Texas launches Texas Originals — a new weekly radio segment profiling individuals whose lives and achievements have had a profound influence upon Texas history and culture.
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Barbara Jordan
Barbara Jordan (1936-1996) In July 1974, as the Watergate hearings took place, one voice stood out expressing faith in American ideals. That voice — deep, measured, and unmistakable — belonged to Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. “My faith in the Constitution is whole,” Jordan declared, “it is complete, it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.”... Read More