Barbara Jordan - BIA, Austin, Texas
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DougK
N 30° 12.143 W 097° 40.019
14R E 628310 N 3341962
She was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first southern black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Waymark Code: WMWTDQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2017
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This life-sized bronze sculpture commemorates Barbara Jordan (1936-1996), professor at the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs and a leader of the Civil Rights movement. She was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first southern black woman elected to the U.S. Congress. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors. This work was commissioned for the airport’s Barbara Jordan Terminal, named in her honor.
The sculptor, Bruce Wolfe, calls this Barbara Jordan, "True Patriot".