Remembering Barbara Jordan

[QC]

This, my friends, is a convention speech!

The world will never see her like again. That voice! It's like listening to a prophet!

And please feel free to post other great convention speeches from the past. Our party has had no shortage of world class orators.

[melody]

1. Barbara Jordan was a once in a lifetime orator ... a brilliant, eloquent woman

We lost so much when she died so young.

[shireen]

2. she was my first exposure to American politics

when i was a foreign undergrad at the University of Texas. what an amazing lady!

[JerseygirlCT]

3. Mario Cuomo, 1984

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOdIqKsv624

[QC]

5. Oh yes--that's one of my Youtube favorites.

I listen to it regularly.

[prairierose]

4. Barbara Jordon was one of my heroes...

she was a woman who made such an impression She was an incredible speaker and teacher. I often send my students links to her speeches that are archived on American Rhetoric. She certainly was a person to look up to and try to emulate as a writer, thinker and speaker.

[QC]

6. Here's Jesse Jackson in 1992. This speech had me in tears.

http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:fGwuNSmy4IMJ:www.britannica.com/eb/article-9399836/Document-Jesse-Jackson-Jr-Speech-to-the-Democratic-National-Convention-1992+jesse+jackson+convention+speech+1992&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a

[QC]

7. I think we have a new classic convention speech tonight! n/t