Barbara Jordan : Speaking the Truth with Eloquent Thunder [With DVD]

Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Biography of Barbara Jordan, with Student Comments 1(4) My Personal Introduction of Barbara Jordan 5(5) Erosion Of Civil Liberties 10(11) Commencement Speech, Howard University, May II, 1974 13(8) THE NATIONAL POLITICAL STAGE 21(28) Rising To The Occasion 23(9) The Constitutional Basis for Impeachment, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Hearings, July 25, 1974 27(5) Center Stage 32(9) Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, July 12, 1976 35(6) The Spotlight After Congress 41(8) Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, July 13, 1992 43(6) BARBARA JORDAN'S TAKE ON THREE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY POLITICAL ISSUES 49(26) Confirmation Of Supreme Court Justices 51(5) Testimony in Opposition to the Nomination of Robert Bork, September 17, 1987 53(3) Immigration Reform 56(10) Congressional Testimony as Chair of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, March 29, 1995 59(7) Religious Faith And Politics 66(9) Prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1978 68(2) Address at the National Prayer Breakfast, February 2, 1984 70(5) THE SYLVANUS THAYER AWARD 75(14) Unswerving Dedication To Principle 77(12) 1995 Sylvanus Thayer Award Citation, West Point, October 5 80(3) Barbara Jordan's Thayer Award Acceptance 83(6) Epilogue: Remarks of Bill Moyers at the Memorial Service for Barbara Jordan, University of Texas at Austin, January 28, 1996 89(8) Notes 97