/ 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

William Henry Hastie Jr. (1904-1976)

William Henry Hastie Jr. (1904-1976)

John Mercer Langston (1829-1897)

John Mercer Langston (1829-1897)

Barbara Jordan (1936-1996)

Barbara Jordan (1936-1996)