Aug 21, 2008
Remembering Barbara Jordan
As we anticipate a Democratic convention likely to the culminated by a brilliant African-American orator, the Rocky Mountain News ran a profile of the late Barbara Jordan's performance as 1976 Democratic keynoter. The lengthy piece also profiled Jordan's debate coach and professor from Texas Southern, Thomas Freeman.
My favorite Jordan address came two years earlier in her Judiciary Committee statement regarding articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon. The site isn't the most user-friendly, but American Rhetoric has posted a video of the remarks. It's hard to imagine any member of the current Congress, even Obama, delivering such a powerful statement.
My favorite Jordan address came two years earlier in her Judiciary Committee statement regarding articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon. The site isn't the most user-friendly, but American Rhetoric has posted a video of the remarks. It's hard to imagine any member of the current Congress, even Obama, delivering such a powerful statement.