barbara jordan grew up amidst some of the harshest segregation in our country. denied everything from the use of a water fountain to admission .o her state's university she never stopped believing that we could make the promise of america a reality. she became the first african-american in the texas senate since the days of reconstruction. the first african-american ever sent from texas to congress. from there, she fought for .oting rights, and human rights one of her very first steps in congress was to introduce a funding reform effort to ,trengthen prereview and down &m, whiche view a happens to be the school where sandra bland never made it to work on july 10th. barbara jordan was fond of saying that when it came to justice, people who are right must do battle with people who have the might. away,arbara jordan passed not yet even 60 years old, the houston chronicle headline read, "a voice for justice dies." true,t believe that's because voices for justice never died. -- never die. voices for justice will always resonate. sandra bland told the police officer s

barbara jordan grew up amidst some of the harshest segregation in our country.ater fountain to admission to her state university. but she never stop believing that we can make the promise of america reality. to begin the first african american in the texas senate since the days of reconstruction, the first african-american from texas ever sent to congress. and there, she fought for voting rights. for human rights, what was right. one of her various bills was to strengthen prairie view and&m. which happened to be the school where sandra bland was to work. she never made it to work. on july 10. barbara jordan was fond of saying, that when it came to justice, people who are right must do battle with people who have the might. and barbara jordan passed away, not yet even 60 years old, the headline read "a voice for justice dies. " i don't believe that is true. voices of justice never die. voices of justice will always resonate. sandra bland told a police officer she cannot wait to get to court so her voice would be heard. and we are hearing her voice right now. we c

barbara jordan grew up amidst some of the harshest segregation in our country.merican ever sent from texas to congress. and there, she fought for voting rights and human rights and what was right. one of her very first acts in congress was to advance a funding and reform effort to strengthen prairie view a&m which happened to be the school where sandra bland was to work. the school where sandra bland never made it to work on july 10th. barbara jordan was fond of saying that when it came to justice, people who are right must do battle with people who have the might. barbara jordan passed away, not yet even 60 years old at the time, the "houston chronicle" headline read "a voice for justice dies." i don't believe that's true, because voices for justice never die. voices for justice will always resonate. sandra bland told the police officer she couldn't wait to get to court so that her voice would be heard. and we are hearing her voice right now. we can make ourselves a more just nation, a more compassionate nation a more just people. we can teach all of our childr

we have more recent paintings, including barbara jordan, lyndon baines johnson, former president of the united states. the only textile in the capital historical artifact collection is the flag from the battle of san jacinto. it normally hangs on the dais behind the speakers rostrum. we only have it on display when the legislature is in session. it is very fragile, and we try to keep it protected under the red drapery. we usually have a replica hanging in its place. the legislature will gavel in, in january of 2015. we have the original on display. it is one of those, i think, iconic texas history artifacts that all of our school children who come to the capitol to learn about texas history and about how to be a good citizen -- they have an opportunity to see these kind of artifacts up close and personal. the capitol welcomes more than a million visitors every year. we are thankful to be able to show them not only in capital -- not only is capitol , wonderful historic lashings and interiors, but a number of monuments on the grounds to various causes. for example, on the south grounds, w

jordan? >> i went for a year at university of california at santa barbara and then after that i ended up pursuing full-time. >> and it's something, evan, you're familiar with your son. >> i want to know, jordan, what is your target demographic or who is it that really knows captain sparklez? is it a teenage boy? is it somebody like my son? >> i would say it's probably the average range is about 13 years old. they play video games obviously. and i think for the most part people get started watching youtube because they want to get like tips relating to how to play games and then they can get drawn into the personalities there on youtube in the gaming space and sort of start following along certain channels. >> i'm sorry. >> what was it about your channel that you think struck a chord with your audience, and were you ever surprised that there is a market for people to watch you playing minecraft? >> yeah, you know, i'm still kind of trying to figure out what it is exactly about me that draws people in. i always saw myself as more of an introvert. and so i played a lot of video games and that's why