The Top 10 Game-Changing Speeches By Black Women At The Democratic National Convention - Page 9

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9. Barbara Jordan: The Keynote Speaker

Congresswoman Barbara Jordan giving the Keynote Address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention

Source: Owen Franken – Corbis / Getty

She emphasized the “American Dream need not forever be deferred” because of her appearance at the 1976 DNC in a country where all people should be equal based on race and gender. In a classy manner, she did not want to attack the Republicans but instead focused on why the Democratic Party was the party to  “search for ways to shape their future.”

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