National Convention
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French History. the legislature of France 1792–95.
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U.S. Politics. a convention held every four years by each of the major political parties to nominate a presidential candidate.
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a convention held every four years by each major US political party to choose its presidential candidate
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French history the longest-lasting of the revolutionary assemblies, lasting from Sept 1792 to Oct 1795, when it was replaced by the Directory
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Sanders paid tribute to Jackson at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
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This is important context, since McGovern went to that July’s Democratic National Convention in San Francisco and earned four delegates to Jackson’s 465.
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Jackson’s rhetoric and actions underscored his characterization of politics, made during his famous “Keep Hope Alive” speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention, as “a moral arena where people come together to find common ground.”
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Jackson was an impassioned orator — from an improvised speech that introduced him to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. outside a church in Selma, Alabama to his historic 1984 speech at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco.
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Where Jackson really left his mark was at the Democratic National Convention, delivering the “Rainbow Coalition” speech that shaped the soul of the Democratic party for decades to come.
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