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13 Non-Honorary Members Of Delta Sigma Theta Who Changed The World
BARBARA JORDAN – A noted Civil Rights activist, Jordan she was the first African-American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first southern black female elected to the United States House of Representatives. She was also the first African-American woman to deliver a keynote address at a Democratic National Convention.
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Jordan received the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous other honors. She majored in Political Science and History at Texas Southern University, graduating magna cum laude in 1956, and went on to graduate from the Boston University School of Law in 1959.
