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Subject. Barbara Jordan. Location. Austin, Texas, United States. Coordinates. 30°17′14.9″N 97°44′26.2″W. / 30.287472°N 97.740611°W / 30.287472; -97.740611. Bruce Wolfe 's statue of Barbara Jordan on the University of Texas at Austin campus was erected in 2009. [1] [2]
Barbara Charline Jordan (February 21, 1936 – January 17, 1996) was an American lawyer, educator, [1] and politician.A Democrat, she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction, the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives, [2] and one of the first two African Americans elected to the U.S. House from the ...
30.2733°N 97.7415°W. / 30.2733; -97.7415. The Texas African American History Memorial is an outdoor monument commemorating the impact of African Americans in Texas, installed on the Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas, United States. The memorial was sculpted by Ed Dwight and erected by the Texas African American History Memorial ...
Bruce Wolfe. Year. 2002. ( 2002) Subject. Barbara Jordan. Location. Austin, Texas, United States. Bruce Wolfe 's bronze statue of Barbara Jordan at the Austin–Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, was erected in 2002.
Barbara Jordan, a prominent member of the African American community in Austin. The history of African Americans in Austin dates back to 1839, when the first African American, Mahala Murchison, arrived. [ 1] By the 1860s, several communities were established by freedmen that later became incorporated into the city proper. [ 2]
The Ten Commandments Monument is installed on the Texas State Capitol grounds (behind the Capitol building) in Austin, Texas, United States. The Texas Sunset Red Granite artwork was designed by an unknown artist and erected by the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Texas in 1961. [1] It was the subject of litigation in the Supreme Court case Van Orden v.
Barbara Jordan (disambiguation) Barbara Jordan (1936–1996) was an American politician and civil rights leader. Jordan has had a number of institutions and pieces of artwork named for her, including: Barbara Jordan Career Center. Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars. Barbara Jordan – Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs.
Within his forty-year career he created sculptures and busts of Barbara Jordan, Margaret Thatcher, former mayor Ilus W. Davis of Kansas City, former Secretary of State George Shultz, Norman Shumway, and former Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist. [4] [5] Wolfe resided in Northern California for most of his life.