Barbara Jordan was born on February 21, 1936 in Houston Texas. She was the youngest child of three. Her father Benjamin Jordan was a Baptist minister and warehouse clerk. Her mother, Arlyne was a maid, housewife and church teacher. Jordan went to college at the University of Texas. She graduated from college being one out of two African American women in her class. Jordan passed away from viral pneumonia on January 17, 1996. Barbara Jordan is a modern here because she is a brave woman, she overcame racism, she is also a civil rights activist. Jordan was a brave woman. She was the first black woman to have a seat in the congress. She also was the first black woman to be elected to the Texas state senate. Jordan helped with the impeachment …show more content…
She was a black woman in the 1900’s. “Why is she so dark?” asked her father Ben Jordan when she was first born. Jordan was the first black woman to have a seat in the congress and in the Texas state senate, that means that she had to work with men. Men that probably didn’t think much of her because she was black and a woman, also because women weren’t respected very much then. She made it clear to the men who worked on the Texas Legislature and the United States Congress that she would never betray her people but that everything else was on the table. Jordan was a civil rights activist. She was a African American woman in the 1900’s. Being an African American woman in the 1900’s wasn’t easy. The women didn't get certain jobs because they are women and they “should do” household things. Jordan was the first African American woman to have a seat in the Texas Legislature.
Jordan is a modern day hero, she is a brave woman, overcame racism, and is a civil rights activist. If Jordan never went into the Texas Senate, then who knows how long it would have been until a African American woman got into the Texas Senate. She made a big impact on the United States she helped with the impeachment of President Nixon. She had to overcome so much things happening to her all because she was a woman in the
I king jordan has a lot of qualities. He was the very first deaf president at gallaudet university.Jordan was the dean for college of arts and sciences.He distinguish a leadership award from the national association for community leadership.Won the washingtonian of the year award.He hold eleven honorary degrees.He was awarded with the One of A Kind award.He appears in the 2011 disability rights documentary lives worth living.
Instead of listening to the Secret Service she asked one of the head Pilots to fly her. She was optimistic when they landed. She asked why are they not flying into war, they're really good. Later she donated $175,000 to build a new Runway. One of her most important contributions to the Tuskegee airmen and civil rights was to talk to FDR the president and ask for them to join the war effort. she said all people should be equal and they should all have the opportunity to fight for their
Shirley Chisholm, first African American woman to be elected to Congress was born in Brooklyn on November 30, 1924. She is one of the most profound and admired women that challenged society not only as a woman, but a woman of color. She made many contributions to the women's movement and society.
She has risen from a poor background and was ranked the richest African American of the 20th Century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history and was once the world’s only black billionaire. She is also known as the most influential woman in the world, both older generations and young.
Wells was on of the founding members of the NAACP. In 1930, Wells was disgusted by the nominees for the state legislature, so she decided to run for Illinois State Legislature. This made her one of the first black women to run for public office in the U.S. The Harlem Renaissance exalted the unique culture of African-Americans and redefined African-American expression. She was a person who never stopped believing in what she thought or knew was important to her and other people of her race and gender. She had to have a large amount of courage to do all that she has accomplished in her time, and this is why she is an important figure to the Harlem Renaissance.
Michael Jordan was one of the most liked and influential Nba player of all time. He’s impacted more people in sports, Fashion, and overcoming Racial discrimination than any professional athlete ever.
paved the way for religious freedom. She was a great leader in the cause for
She showed them that they could be equal. The only difference was the color of the skin. She taught them that that wasn’t even a big difference. She fought segregation her entire life.
World War II. She urged other black women o get in-uniform-and join the military.Black women joining the segregated.4-my to her meant that it was "our contribution to its realization" .Most of the 6,500 black women who joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps were used as uniformet domestic servants, assigned to cleaning officers'
The contributions that Deborah Sampson made to the American people are a really big. When she entered into the war she changed the way women are looked at forever. She changed how they would be treated within everything they do especially in the army. Many women fought too but she is known for being the first woman that is known for fighting in the war. Some of her accomplishments are being very skilled mostly because of being a servant but also educational because she was a school teacher too.
Jordan is someone that has definitively affected wrestling in a big way. He has influenced hundreds of wrestlers from across the globe. He has inspired the young, old, and everyone in between. He has made a dent in freestyle/olympic wrestling history, for everyone to
Lee, Barbara was born July 19, 1946 in Texas, Lee moved to California in 1960 due to her parents being in the military. Lee attended a catholic school Sisters of Loretto taught her which was dedicated to justice and peace. In high school lee worked with NAACP to integrate her high school to have a mix of races in her cheer team. Lee attend mills college while she was a single mother and receiving public assistance. She became president of Mills College’s Black Student Union while she was president Shirley Chisholm who happened to be the first African American woman elected to Congress was picked to speak at her school. After meeting Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm Lee signed up to vote for her first time and worked on Congresswoman Chisholm’s presidential campaign.
I look up to her because she was the first African-American to accomplish something big and I want to be the first African-American to accomplish something big.
Jordan symbolizes the revolutionary self -sufficient women. She is independent and does not rely on men financially. She challenges the idea of a dependent woman.
was very controversial because of how she did things such as because woman were suppose to