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Shirley Chisholm, African American Politican and Presidential Candidate
Shirley Chisholm, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-NY), announcing her candidacy for President, September 1972
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"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."
Biography
- First African American Woman Elected to Congress, 1968
- First Black Candidate for a Major Party's Presidential Nomination, 1972
- First Woman to Run for the Democratic Party's Presidential Nomination
- She won the state primaries in Louisiana and Mississippi in 1972
- Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom Posthumously, 2015
Shirley Chisholm Biography from the United States House of Representatives
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