Angl Barbara Jordan And The Civil Rights Movement

During the time of 1954 through 1968 there was a movement known as the Civil Rights Movement. Civil rights are the rights of the citizen to political freedom, social freedom, and equality. Some examples of civil rights are freedom of speech, assembly, press, and the right to vote. This movement was made up of specific groups of people who had to fight to have these rights. There were three different races involved in the movement, Mexican Americans, African Americans, and Anglo Americans. The Mexican Americans and the African Americans were the ones who struggled in the fight for civil rights, because they were the minorities. These two groups of people were seen as less because they were not “white.” This led to violence, protests, and eventually change. However, violence was not only a result of the movement but also a cause. It was very common to have violence between the races, mainly between the

She grew up with her parents Benjamin and Arlyne Jordan. Her father was a Baptist minister while her mother was a maid and church teacher. She attended Wheatley High School which was segregated during that time. After she graduated from high school, Barbara attended Texas Southern University. While both her parents had a religious career in some way, Barabar chose a different path by going into politics. Barbara attended law school at Boston University after being inspired by Edith Sampson, a black public defender. Barbara became a public defender of the U.S. Constitution after passing not only the Texas and Massachusetts bars and she went on to open her own office. After this Barbara made history by becoming the first African American woman to be elected into the Texas state senate. However, her extraordinary career did not end there and Barbara went on to become the first African American from Texas to be in Congress, and continued to serve for three terms after once again making history