/ 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

Paul Robeson (1898-1976)

Paul Robeson (1898-1976)

William Henry Hastie Jr. (1904-1976)

William Henry Hastie Jr. (1904-1976)

Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005)

Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005)