Barbara Jordan
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"Barbara Charline Jordan" was an politics of the United States/American politician and a leader of the Civil Rights movement. She was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction era in the United States/Reconstruction, the first American South/southern black female elected to the United States House of Representatives, and the first African-American woman to deliver the keynote address at a Democratic National Convention. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors. On her death, she became the first African-American woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery.

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All my growth and development led me to believe that if you really do the right thing, and if you play by the rules, and if you've got good enough, solid judgment and common sense, that you're going to be able to do whatever you want to do with your life.

If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.

I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning I say: "What is my exciting thing for today?" Then, I do the day. Don't ask me about tomorrow.

Life is too large to hang out a sign: "For men Only.

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in "We, the people.

What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.

One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.

I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.