Barbara Jordan’s 1976 keynote address to the DNC

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Barbara Jordan’s 1976 keynote address to the DNC | Power Of Words

Feb 10 2022 | 00:58:30

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Show Notes

In honor of Black History Month we present an encore Power of Words: WAMC’s Alan Chartock speaks with professor, author, activist Barbara Smith about Barbara Jordan’s keynote address to the 1976 Democratic National Convention.

Photo: Barbara Jordan speaking at the 1976 DNC. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Warren K. Leffler.

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