This stated first edition describes the Texas Congresswoman's childhood in Houston, her years in segregated schools, her entry into the white world while attending Boston University Law School, and her breakthrough into politics as the first Southern African-American woman elected. Quarter bound in tan cloth with grey boards, stained with age and bumped at spine ends. DJ chipped around edges with closed tears at head of spine and fore edge. Signs of paste action. Signed by Barbara Jordan and Shelby Hearon on front free endpaper. Now encased in mylar.