Barbara Charline Jordan was an American lawyer,educator,and politician. A Democrat,she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction,the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives,and one of the first two African Americans elected to the U.S. House from the former Confederacy since 1901,alongside Andrew Young of Georgia.
The University of Houston Law Center is the law school of the University of Houston in Houston,Texas. Founded in 1947,the Law Center is one of 12 colleges of the University of Houston,a state university. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. The law school's facilities are located on the university's 667-acre campus in southeast Houston.
Survivor:Palau is the tenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season filmed from November 1,2004,through December 9,2004,and premiered on February 17,2005. Filming took place in Koror,Palau. Hosted by Jeff Probst,it consisted of the usual 39 days of gameplay with 20 competitors,the most the series had ever begun with up to that point.
Annise Danette Parker is an American politician who served as the 61st Mayor of Houston,Texas,from 2010 until 2016. She also served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council from 1998 to 2003 and city controller from 2004 to 2010.
The Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus is the South's oldest civil rights organization dedicated solely to the advancement of gay,lesbian,bisexual and transgender rights. It was founded in 1975,and is the largest LGBTQ political organization in the city of Houston and Harris County. It is known locally simply as "The Caucus". The Caucus is nonpartisan and endorses candidates on the basis of their support for LGBTQ rights,regardless of political party or candidate's sexual orientation.
Phyllis Randolph Frye is an associate judge for the municipal courts in Houston,Texas. Frye is the first openly transgender judge appointed in the United States.
Percy Pennington "Frenchy" Creuzot Jr. was a restaurateur who founded Frenchy's Chicken in Houston,Texas. Due to his success,he became known as "the black Colonel Sanders."
Edith Irby Jones was an American physician who was the first woman president of the National Medical Association and a founding member of the Association of Black Cardiologists. She was honored by many awards,including induction into both the University of Arkansas College of Medicine Hall of Fame and the inaugural group of women inducted into the Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame. She was the first African American to be accepted as a non-segregated student at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the first black student to attend racially mixed classes in the American South. She was the first African American to graduate from a southern medical school,first black intern in the state of Arkansas,and later first black intern at Baylor College of Medicine.
Gina Maria Ortiz Jones is an American intelligence officer and politician. She served in the Biden administration as Under Secretary of the Air Force from July 2021 to March 2023.
Elizabeth Ann Fletcher is an American attorney and politician from Texas. A Democrat,she has represented Texas's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2019. The district includes parts of southwestern Houston and Harris County,as well as northern portions of Fort Bend County.
Julie Elizabeth Johnson is an American politician from the state of Texas. A member of the Democratic Party,she is the member-elect to the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 32nd congressional district. She serves in the Texas House of Representatives for District 115.
Amanda Edwards is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Houston City Council. She was a candidate for the 2020 United States Senate election in Texas,in which she placed fifth in the Democratic primary. She later briefly ran for mayor of Houston before dropping out to run for a seat in the U.S. House;she has stated that she intended to remain a candidate even after the incumbent,Sheila Jackson Lee,announced her intention to run for re-election.
Mondaire Lamar Jones is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,Jones was the U.S. representative for New York's 17th congressional district from 2021 to 2023.
Michele Kenyette Rayner is an American attorney and politician. She has served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives since 2020,representing District 62 in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. She was the first openly lesbian Black woman elected to the Florida Legislature,originally representing House District 70.
Jasmine Felicia Crockett is an American lawyer and politician who has been a U.S. representative from Texas's 30th congressional district since January 2023. Her district covers most of South Dallas County,Central Dallas,Dallas Love Field Airport,and parts of Tarrant County. A member of the Democratic Party,Crockett previously represented the 100th district in the Texas House of Representatives.
Penny Morales Shaw is an American attorney and politician. She was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 2020 to represent the 148th District,which includes parts of Spring Branch,Garden Oaks/Oak Forest,Carverdale,and Cypress-Fairbanks. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Matthew Haston Krause is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 93rd district from 2013 to 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Molly Cook is an American registered nurse and politician who is a member of the Texas Senate for the 15th district. A Democrat,she was elected in a May special election to fill the vacancy from John Whitmire resigning to become Mayor of Houston. Cook is openly bisexual,and her win in the May special election was the first time an openly LGBTQ+ person was elected to the Texas Senate. She is also the first woman to represent the 15th district of the Texas Senate.
