In 1976 this Texas congresswoman became the first black keynote speaker at a Dem. National Convention
.... to be one 
nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city... [DOC] [TLE] Barbara C. Jordan - Black History - HISTORY.com [PAR] Barbara C. Jordan, Texas congresswoman, first black Texan in Congress ... 
keynote address at the 1976 Democratic National Conventionanother first ... 
She became an active public speaker and advocate, amassing 25 honorary 
doctorates.