jul 12, 1976 - Barbara Jordan
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Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. She called for Americans to commit themselves to a "national community" and the "common good".She began by noting she was the first Black woman to ever deliver a keynote address at a major party convention and that such a thing would have been almost impossible even a decade earlier.
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jul 12, 1976
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~ 48 years ago