0001|                        HOUSE MEMORIAL 6
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                       SHERYL M. WILLIAMS
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0011|                           A MEMORIAL
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0012|     HONORING THE LIFE OF CONGRESSWOMAN BARBARA JORDAN, ACKNOWLEDGING
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0013|     HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND MOURNING HER PASSING.
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0014|     
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0015|       WHEREAS, Barbara Jordan was raised in an impoverished area
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0016|     of downtown Houston, the daughter of a Baptist minister; and
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0017|       WHEREAS, she studied political science and history at the
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0018|     then all-Black Texas southern university in Houston and, after
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0019|     graduating, attended and graduated from Boston university law
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0020|     school in 1959; and
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0021|       WHEREAS, in 1966, Barbara Jordan was the first Black woman
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0022|     elected to the Texas legislature, and in 1972, she went on to
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0023|     win a seat in the United States congress; and
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0024|       WHEREAS, during her six years in congress, Ms. Jordan
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0025|     distinguished herself as an articulate and well-informed
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0001|     speaker, an arch defender of the United States constitution and
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0002|     a calm voice in a tumultuous time; and
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0003|       WHEREAS, upon her retirement from congress, Ms. Jordan
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0004|     joined the staff of Lyndon B. Johnson school of public affairs
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0005|     at the university of Texas, where she taught political ethics
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0006|     and was a recognized scholar in constitutional law; and
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0007|       WHEREAS, during her lifetime, Barbara Jordan overcame
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0008|     poverty and prejudice to become a crusader for truth and a
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0009|     champion of justice; and
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0010|       WHEREAS, she overcame numerous physical obstacles,
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0011|     including multiple sclerosis, leukemia and diabetes; and
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0012|       WHEREAS, Barbara Jordan will long be remembered for her
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0013|     eloquent speeches and her strict concept of public officials and
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0014|     public trust;
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0015|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0016|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the life of
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0017|     Congresswoman Barbara Jordan be honored, her accomplishments
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0018|     acknowledged and her passing mourned; and
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0019|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all members of elected bodies
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0020|     remember and abide by the principles of public trust and
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0021|     dedication epitomized by the life of Congresswoman Barbara
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0022|     Jordan.
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