Voice of Good Hope - Acting Edition

THE STORY: Elected to the Texas State Senate in 1966, Barbara Jordan became the first black senator since 1883. Six years later she became the first black woman from the Deep South elected to the United States House of Representatives. During the 1974 House Judiciary Committee's deliberations on the impeachment of Richard Nixon, Jordan's calm and reasonable defense of the Constitution gained her a reputation as a politician who could cross party lines to an American public in need of a steady voice. VOICE OF GOOD HOPE explores the life of this remarkable leader. From the lessons she learned as a child in a junkyard in Houston's impoverished Fifth Ward, to the political maneuverings that took place behind closed doors on Capitol Hill, Kristine Thatcher documents the spirit of the woman who rose, against all odds, to be one of this country's most powerful orators, one of its most astute politicians, one of its greatest teachers and, ultimately, one of its most private citizens.Kristine Thatcher is the author of 'Voice of Good Hope - Acting Edition', published 2004 under ISBN 9780822219606 and ISBN 0822219603.