Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Barbara Jordan
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- Reason
- A fascinating woman who had a strong positive influence in Congress, was one of the trailblazing women of the second wave of African Americans in Congress (and the first wave of African-American women), and has a sharp portrait with good lighting and sharpness. I haven't found the exact source (even after contacting the Library of Congress), but the proximate source is https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc224/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc224.pdf - page 453 as numbered in the document; 461 as automatically numbered by the PDF.
- Articles in which this image appears
- Barbara Jordan + 7
- FP category for this image
- Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Political
- Creator
- Photographer uncredited; Restored by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk) 19:42, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
- Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 23:54, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
- Support - EV off the charts, yes. Atsme📞📧 14:07, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
- Support – Jobas (talk) 14:49, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 21:56, 17 February 2016 (UTC)
Promoted File:Rep. Barbara Jordan - Restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 19:43, 24 February 2016 (UTC)