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Barbara Charline Jordan, Andrew Jackson Young Jr., and Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Jet Magazine Cover

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Date

1972-11-30

Publisher

Johnson Publishing Company

Dimensions

7 3/8 × 5 1/8 × 1/16 in. (18.7 × 13 × 0.2 cm)

Accession Number

2017.032.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

“Congress Gets Three New Black Lawmakers”—Barbara Jordan, Yvonne Burke, and Andrew Young debuted on the congressional stage and on the cover of Jet Magazine, in 1972. All three were experienced politicians and reformers long before they came to the House. In addition, all were pathbreakers in their districts: Jordan and Young were the first African Americans elected from Southern states since the turn of the century; and Burke was the first California woman elected to Congress in decades.

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