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Barbara Jordan, Your Keynote Speaker

Barbara Jordan, Your Keynote Speaker

FromIt Was Said


Barbara Jordan, Your Keynote Speaker

FromIt Was Said

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Oct 7, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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 nation to come.

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Released:
Oct 7, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (23)

It Was Said is a limited documentary podcast series looking back on some of the most powerful, impactful and timeless speeches in American history. Written and narrated by Pulitzer Prize winning and best-selling author-historian Jon Meacham, and created, directed and produced by Peabody-nominated C13Originals Studios in association with The HISTORY® Channel, this series takes you through 10 speeches for the inaugural season. Meacham offers expert insight and analysis into their origins, the orator, the context of the times they were given, why they are still relevant today, and the importance of never forgetting them. Each episode of this documentary podcast series also brings together some of the top historians, authors and journalists relevant to each respective speech and figure.