4.1K views · 92 reactions | Barbara Jordan delivers keynote speech at...

20K views · 1.2K reactions | In the shadow of Watergate, Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, the first black woman from Texas elected to the House, gave one of political history's most important speeches. Today, these words still ring true. I hope they will guide America through this dark moment, as Rep. Jordan did then. | Senator Cory Booker | Facebook

3.8K views · 109 reactions | Barbara Jordan was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, and made history at the 1976 #DemConvention as the first African American and the first woman to deliver a keynote address. In her speech, she called on Americans to fulfill our national purpose "to create and sustain a society where all of us are equal." | Democratic National Convention | Facebook