# Barbara Jordan
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Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator and politician who was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives. She was best known for her eloquent opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee hearings during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon, and as the first African-American as well as the first woman to deliver a keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention.
Kevin Latz - U.S. Senate - Full Conversation
Kevin Latz is not running for the U.S. Senate as a career politician. He is running as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon who says he is still working in clinics and operating rooms while campaigning for the Democratic nomination in Kansas.
That matters because much of his campaign is built around the …
EP060 - Angels Watching Over Me w/ Ya'Ke Smith
Take a spirited walk though East Austin, Black History, and the Texas State Cemetery with filmmaker, educator, and self-described activist-artist Ya'Ke Smith—on Juneteenth week, no less. We kick off our walk under a Moonlight Tower and basically never stop moving: past Franklin Barbecue (pour one o…
TBR 2K26 Episode 68: Consent of the Governed
The episode in one sentence: The Supreme Court closed its term, and read as a scoreboard, the only winner was the Court itself; the host breaks from every celebration you heard this week to side with Justice Thomas’s dissent on birthright citizenship; and on the eve of the 250th, the verdict on all…
Reaping Rewards: Black Women and Democracy with Dr. Christina Greer
In case you missed it, this episode is a re-release of an amazing conversation with Dr. Christina Grant.Andre 3000 told us the South has something to say, and Dr. Christina Greer wants us to heed the lessons that Black women political leaders from the South are teaching us. Dr. Greer stops by the c…
S3E8 - Blaisin' Access Weekly 8 Anita Cameron and Barbara Jordan
To wrap up Black History Month we hear from two black women with disabilities. Leading off the show is Anita Cameron who spoke at the 2018 Disability Intersectionality Summit. The second half of the show is part of then Congressional Rep. Barbara Jordan's 1976 Democratic Convention speech. What st…
E8 Blaisin' History Black History Month, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Barbara Jordan, Barack Obama
For Black History Month, Blaise plays clips from iconic speeches delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, and then Illinois Senate candidate Barack Obama.
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TBR 2K26 Episode 69: The Reachable
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Episode: THE REACHABLE. , on ATL Talks Radio. Runtime forty-eight minutes. Listen at atltalks.com, or on Apple, Google, Alexa, and Apple CarPlay. Replays post to Apple Podcasts and Spotify, search The Barrington Report.
This is not a rerun of the show. It is the receipts folde…
The 713: Commute Mode — August 31, 2026
Governor Greg Abbott’s affordability plan leaves major cost questions, a federal record reveals new details in a fatal ICE shooting, and Rice University expands enrollment while trying to preserve its campus culture.
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Solidarity and the Immigration Debate with David Lapp, Jim Robb, and Diego Sanchez | Bonus Episode
In this bonus episode of the podcast, host Roger Berkowitz previews the 2026 Arendt Forum at Bard College on Solidarity, framing Arendt’s view of solidarity as an intellectual practice of building a common world through talk rather than sentiment. He is joined by Braver Angels co-founder David Lapp…
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