/ Speakers / Black lawyer, politician and educator. First African American elected to Texas Senate after Reconstruction and first African-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the South.

Barbara Jordan (1936-1996)

Other Speakers

Macon Bolling Allen (1816-1894)

Macon Bolling Allen (1816-1894)

John K. Pierre, Esq.

John K. Pierre, Esq.

Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray (1910-1985)

Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray (1910-1985)