What do you do with a voice like that? :the story of extraordinary congresswoman Barbara Jordan
Record details
- ISBN: 9781481465625
- ISBN: 1481465619
- ISBN: 9781481465618
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Physical Description:
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Beach Lane Books, [2018]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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- Baker & Taylor
"A picture book of lawyer, politician, and civil rights leader Barbara Jordan."--Provided by publisher. - Baker & Taylor
A New York Times best-selling author and a Caldecott Honoree present a picture book biography about the remarkable congresswoman Barbara Jordan, a lawyer, educator, politician and civil rights leader whose big, bold, confident voice and whose struggles, mission and perseverance in the face of adversity continue to inspire today. Simultaneous eBook. - Baker & Taylor
A picture book of lawyer, politician, and civil rights leader Barbara Jordan emphasizes how she used her voice to make a difference in the world. - Simon and Schuster
âWhen Barbara Jordan talked, we listened.â âFormer President of the United States, Bill Clinton
Congresswoman Barbara Jordan had a big, bold, confident voiceâand she knew how to use it! Learn all about her amazing career in this illuminating and inspiring picture book biography of the lawyer, educator, politician, and civil rights leader.
Even as a child growing up in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, Barbara Jordan stood out for her big, bold, booming, crisp, clear, confident voice. It was a voice that made people sit up, stand up, and take notice.
So what do you do with a voice like that?
Barbara took her voice to places few African American women had been in the 1960s: first law school, then the Texas state senate, then up to the United States congress. Throughout her career, she persevered through adversity to give voice to the voiceless and to fight for civil rights, equality, and justice.
New York Times bestselling author Chris Barton and Caldecott Honoree Ekua Holmes deliver a remarkable picture book biography about a woman whose struggles and mission continue to inspire today. - Simon and Schuster
'When Barbara Jordan talked, we listened.' 'Former President of the United States, Bill Clinton
Congresswoman Barbara Jordan had a big, bold, confident voice'and she knew how to use it! Learn all about her amazing career in this illuminating and inspiring picture book biography of the lawyer, educator, politician, and civil rights leader.
Even as a child growing up in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas, Barbara Jordan stood out for her big, bold, booming, crisp, clear, confident voice. It was a voice that made people sit up, stand up, and take notice.
So what do you do with a voice like that?
Barbara took her voice to places few African American women had been in the 1960s: first law school, then the Texas state senate, then up to the United States congress. Throughout her career, she persevered through adversity to give voice to the voiceless and to fight for civil rights, equality, and justice.
New York Times bestselling author Chris Barton and Caldecott Honoree Ekua Holmes deliver a remarkable picture book biography about a woman whose struggles and mission continue to inspire today.