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Madison Square Garden was the site of the 1976 Democratic National Convention Barbara Jordan delivering the keynote address on the first day of the convention Michael Dukakis speaks on the second day of the convention Coretta Scott King (the widow of Martin Luther King Jr.) attending the second day of the convention Cesar Chavez nominating Jerry Brown during the presidential roll call vote on ...
Jordan's 1976 Democratic National Convention keynote address, the first major convention keynote speech ever by a woman and the first by an African American, was listed as #5 in American Rhetoric's Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century (listed by rank). [54] Jordan was a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors from 1978 to 1980.
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In 1976, the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan was the first Black person and the first woman to deliver a keynote address at the Democratic convention.
The 1976 Democratic National Convention was convened at Madison Square Garden in New York City. [7] Notably, Barbara Jordan became the first African-American woman to deliver the keynote address at a Democratic National Convention. With most contests in the states settled in Carter's favor, the convention delegates overwhelmingly favored Carter ...
1976 – U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan of Texas and U.S. Senator John Glenn of Ohio [30] 1980 – U.S. Representative Mo Udall of Arizona; 1984 – Governor Mario Cuomo of New York [25] 1988 – State Treasurer Ann Richards of Texas
Barbara Jordan is the first African-American to keynote a political convention. Price Club, as predecessor of Costco, a worldwide membership-registration-only retailer, is founded in California. [6] Family Feud debuts on ABC-TV. July 15 Jimmy Carter is nominated for U.S. President at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
Rep Jim Jordan is out as the nominated speaker of the House Republicans after losing an internal ballot by a large margin.. According to Rep Kat Cammack, Mr Jordan lost by 112 votes to 86.. This ...