barbara jordan
She was truly unique. Barbara Jordan was a gifted orator, skilled politician, and charismatic woman that spent her career helping Texas and the Austin community. Jordan showed that one person can be an influential voice, even against the most powerful people. She was not only influential but also exemplary for most people that knew her, or even heard of her accomplishments. She prospered against racial boundaries and even her own physical disability. Jordan's influence to the Austin community was displayed in how she empowered minorities, inspired Austinites to succeed, and broke boundaries of racial discrimination throughout her lifetime. Jordan will forever be remembered as a person who made a difference by making it possible for others to be heard. She once conveyed her feelings of racial inequality when she commented on the preamble to the constitution. She said, "We the people is a very eloquent beginning, but when the document was completed on the 17th of September in 1787, I was not included in that we the people" (Quotations 1). Jordan spent her long successful working so she, as well as other minority citizens, could become part of "we the people." With her talent as an orator and position in the Senate, Jordan
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