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It Was Said

Barbara Jordan, Your Keynote Speaker

It Was Said

Audacy Podcasts | The HISTORY Channel

History, Society & Culture

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Ep 7: A daughter of the segregated south, Barbara Jordan, keynotes the Democratic National Convention of 1976. It was America’s bicentennial, and Jordan was a voice born in one nation speaking to the hopes of a better nation to come. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

See 13 originals.

0:07.3

Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two

0:11.9

thirds.

0:12.9

So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer to time, one trip to the museum,

0:20.6

one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time.

0:25.8

One train journey to time can help create a greener future.

0:30.6

So when will you take your next trip?

0:33.1

Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener.

0:41.8

She wasn't even the first speaker of the night.

0:45.9

In planning for the 1976 Democratic National Convention, the party's chairman Robert Strauss,

0:52.0

but at best not to have one, but two keynote speakers at Madison Square Garden.

0:59.1

One would be an American icon, John Glenn of Ohio.

1:04.7

The other would be an American original, Barbara Jordan of Texas.

1:11.2

As it turned out, originality trumped, iconography.

1:16.6

John Glenn was a lovely brave man.

1:20.0

But nobody remembers a word he said in that bicentennial summer.

1:25.3

Represented Jordan, however, emerged as the enduring voice of a changing nation.

1:35.1

It was a moment rich in both symbolism and in substance.

1:39.8

As Robert Strauss escorted Jordan to the podium on Monday, July 12, 1976, a band played

1:46.6

deep in the heart of Texas.

1:48.2

This is by far the biggest innovation anyone has received here in this opening session

1:52.6

of the Democratic Convention.

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