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27 de fev. de 2024 · Chisholm for President! tells the inspiring story of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and to run for the nomination of the President of the United States. Through live music and performance, the staged concerts will tell the powerful true story of a Black woman’s struggle against the political machine and her trailblazing run for the Democratic US ...
17 de out. de 2008 · Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman elected to Congress, sought the Democratic nomination in 1972 as the first black woman to run for president. When the congresswoman from New York ...
In November 2015, President Barack Obama posthumously awarded Shirley Chisholm the Presidential Medal of Freedom – the highest civilian award of the United States. The medal is awarded to those who have made especially noteworthy contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant endeavors.
26 de jan. de 2016 · Decades before Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, there was Shirley Chisholm. As the first black woman to run for president for a major political party she was years ahead of her time.
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20 de mai. de 2024 · Shirley Chisholm (born November 30, 1924, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died January 1, 2005, Ormond Beach, Florida) made history as the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, serving in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983. In 1972 Chisholm also became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party ’s ...
29 de jan. de 2016 · But perhaps most significantly, just a few years after arriving in Congress, Chisholm became the first black woman to run as a major party candidate for president of the United States, breaking ...
"Shirley Chisholm's campaign for President of the United States in 1972 was more than symbolic. It made a true difference in the political history of this nation by allowing for the voice of blacks and females, long disenfranchised, to be 'heard' in the national debate on issues." Guiding Questions for the Discussion
