Barbara Jordan, Your Keynote Speaker

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Oct 7, 202028:58Society & Culture

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 na...

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