Part one of Barbara Jordan's historic Democratic National Convention keynote speech in 1976. Jordan made history by being the first African American woman to deliver keynote speeches at a Democratic National Convention.
I remember when she spoke to the delegates at the International Association of Personnel In Employment Security International meeting on what it meant to be a public servant. Inspiring!!!
We need Barbara Jordan's voice today more than ever. Her impeachment speech should be broadcast daily, to educate the public about the constitutional safeguards against presidential abuse of power.
Sadly, not many of us can stay focused long enough to listen to the whole speech. Much easier to read a tweet or change the channel. A functional democracy requires an informed public. The way to dismantle a democracy is not through force of arms, but through misinformation. If we are too lazy to look critically at the misinformation we are being fed, we are derelict in our duty to defend our democracy.
Unfortunately the democratic demonic party has been the downfall of America. Believe that. Look where we have fallen too. Vote conservative!! As a black man, I have voted conservative for the past 20 years and its freeing!! Wake up people!
"But there is something different about tonight, there is something special about tonight. What is different, what is special, I Barbara Jordan, am a keynote speaker!!!!!"
Not only one of the greatest speeches of all time, but a seriously gifted orator and inspiring human being. I once saw the statue of her that's inside the Austin airport and I got goosebumps.
Was not the first African-American woman to give the keynote at a national party convention....was the first woman and the first African-American to do so!
+Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes She was not first woman to give the keynote at a national party convention. That was Anne Armstrong in 1972 at the Republican National Convention.
+TSUJordanArchives thanks for the correction...should have known that as Ms. Armstrong is a fellow New Orleanian...so Ms. Jordan was the first woman keynote of the DNC.
Sub Dolphin Not an English accent, exactly. It is more “mid-Atlantic,” a way of speaking and elocution that was taught earlier in the 20th century in the northeast to journalists, actors, and orators. It’s very American, in fact.
Feb.21: Happy birthday Attorney Barbara C. Jordan; first African American elected to Texas Senate after Reconstruction; first Southern African American woman elected to US House of Representatives, educator, author (1936-1996) thank you and God bless. RIP. Thanks for the upload, TSUJordanArchives. Blessings
I remember listening to her give this speech in 1976 when I was 15 years old. It still brings me to tears 40 years later, especially in light of the political climate we are in now. :'(
I believe we ALL are outraged and would like it to stop; however, the people who are here should be able to become citizens of this country. It's far easier for a white European to become a citizen than for a POC and that is not fair!
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Anyone that uses the term people of color has lost all credibility , at the start.
I was in high school and can still remember this speech. It was one of the greatest moments--let alone speeches--in American history. It was a watershed moment to hear and see someone so eloquent and so comfortable and confident in herself, and for that person to be a politician. Those were heady times. America really seemed ready to move forward on the issue of race. Sadly, that was undone just a few years later.
Rep.Barbara Jordan (D-Texas), who electrified our country, who inspired the world with her great address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention, when then-Governor Jimmy Carter was nominated. #RIPBarbaraJordan 😢😢 #TheDemocrats 🌐🌎🌍🌏🌐
It almost feels like she was Barak Obama before there was a Barak Obama. They both speak in such a way that you feel inspired and uplifted. It would have so incredibly special if she was given at a different time in our country. She was a person well before her time.
Arthur, sorry you feel that way. I don't sense arrogance in her voice, I sense an incredibly organized woman who used our language to make some very important points.
I'm watching this on February 27 2021...I remember watching this in 1976 when I lived in NYC ....wish I had a time machine..."we" really have regressed!!
Powerful! Someone with her integrity is the kind of individual needed to stand firm against the watering down of our Constitution today. She is surely missed
After this speech Carter should have made her Attorney General of the US. And had not her health declined I believe she would have been nominated by President Clinton for the Supreme Court. We lost a national treasure when she died.
I agree with you that Barbara Jordan would have been an extraordinary and historically consequential Supreme Court Justice. The sad reality that she died before this could have been done is one of the most unfortunate losses for the sake of our country and its people.
a 37.8 million adults still smoke cigarettes just in the US. No doubt the rate of smoking has gone down, but now everywhere is a no smoke zone, so you don't see them as much.
Those were the good ole days of politics. We need more people like her in the political process today. Unfortunately nowadays both political parties are represented by a bunch of clowns who refuse to work with each other to get stuff done in order to move the country forward. America is stronger when it's united, not divided like it is today. One thing is for certain, whoever wins the election in November, prepare for another four or eight years of division because both of these candidates do not have what it takes to unite the country behind them. This is one of those elections where you're not voting for someone, but actually voting against someone and that's never a good thing. I salute people like Barbara Jordan, a true patriot.
The Democrats of today would censor Barbara Jordan because she stands for constitutionality, due process, and lawful immigration. I always looked up to Barbara Jordan as a real American statesman and not a politician.
The Gods bestowed upon the American people a truly great and Rare individual. The Honorable Barbara Jordon was a Rare, Special Statemen given to us by the heavens above! I wish she was here today to teach us, unite us, and inspire us to take responsibility of our civic obligations to demand that our liberties need not be deferred. She would tell us in a manner which would be understood by We The People.
It seems so very wrong Ms. Jordan did not live to see the Obama inaugural 2009. I was not alive in '76 but it seems like a possibility for transformation felt closer back then. We've barely survived total destruction.
Our concept of governing depends on our concept of people... - B. Jordan ---- So very poignant, and true today on November 2, 2012 as it was in 1976. Barbara Jordan's definition of the people encompasses the Tea Party as well? It is something to think about....
Denise Gray She wouldn't have been involved in the shenanigans of the Demoncrats of today but rather she would eloquently searched for solutions and to bridge our differences in a graceful manner that would make any adversary listen to her discourse.
I always wondered if her extreme enunciation and thespian like accent and tone was put on? I wondered if when she walked around the house on a Saturday morning if she said word like she said, "keeeey-note shhh-peakah"?!?! This of course does not take away from her brilliance and intellect. She was and is a rare gem...
I highly doubt that she EVER spoke like what you referred to. This was a woman who throughout her life strived to do better by all, and to be the perfect example of what intelligence should look like period. Thats an insult to her legacy to even insinuate that she would do such a thing, especially during those times, you should be ashamed to even have stated that....unless of course you arent black, then I understand completely.
Mr. Backazz, spoken like a true butthurt racist yourself, "unless of course you arent black, then I understand completely, what, that you are racist? Aaaahahahahaha! You must have ingnored the video Hellen Keller? I guess you totally ignored my closing comment? Get over yourself, people of a different race don't see you as more or less important than anyone else because of race. Don't flatter yourself into thinking people care about you or think you are more important than you are...
I'm sooooo sorry that I offended you, the problem with this Americanized way of thinking is that you say something that was totally offensive but then you have the right to say you're sorry you said it but you can never unsay it, so I'll just leave it at that, you have a wonderful day sir
@@punknhead23 I agree. It depends on the individual’s experience. If you’re someone like Donald Trump, Bezos, Zuckerberg, etc., you probably feel that the “American Dream” has done well by you. But there are far too many Americans now (as there were in 1976) for whom that same “American Dream” feels (or felt then) like a failure and nothing more than just a dream.
I met her once. Very affected, (phony) way of speaking. She's from Houston. I tried to talk to her about Viet Nam, (I was there for a year and a half.) All she could talk about was how Johnson was "The best president we've ever had," and just kept repeating that like a broken record. Wasn't impressed.
It had nothing to do with anything I wanted, you moron. I just recognized her as a phony, over rated politician. Texas thought it would make them look good if they had a black person representing their state. There were plenty of more qualified people, but they were white.
@@boomerang6130 Some people can't comprehend clear concepts and well spoken English. It's obvious she is speaking on inclusion and equality for all people. Also that the Government has the responsibility to remove all obstacles blocking people from advancing.
@@punknhead23 It was never an issue for your people. You rights as a citizen were never denied. There are no slurs of your heritage. Coming out of Jim Crow discrimination after the gains of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 1960's African Americans needed an identity. "Colored" just didn't do it for us. It was a mark of Jim Crow with all those signs! Besides, every ethnicity is a color, including Caucasian. "Negro" was out because of the bastardization and mispronunciation of the word that led to the derogatory name-calling that still plagues us today. We tried Afro-American, but that was more a reference to a hair-style - which even Caucasians could wear. African Americans is our identity - in part to recognize our heritage. For the most part our African heritage was lost to us. Our names; our ancestry; our language; our history - all stripped away - for centuries. All the aspects of our cultural heritage were taken from us and we were relegated to the status of chattel! Did that happen to YOUR people as Welsh Americans? No. You know where in Europe your Welsh ancestors are from. You can easily trace your family's roots. You have a culture. African Americans had none of that! We no longer had an African culture and we were denied our American culture. So spare us the outrage at wanting to identify ourselves as SOMEBODY after centuries of being NOBODY!
