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Nov 2, 2023 · Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was born in Brooklyn, New York to immigrant parents who came to the United States from Barbados. Chisholm graduated from Brooklyn College and the Teachers College at Columbia University. In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress and represented New York's 12th congressional district for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. Early ...
Jan 9, 2023 · Throughout her life, Shirley Chisholm fought for coalitional change. She was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968, the first Black woman to run for President of the United States in 1972, co-founder of both the Congressional Black Caucus and the National Women’s Political Caucus, both in 1971, and co-founder of the National Congress of Black Women in 1984.
Jan 26, 2016 · Shirley Chisholm also worked tirelessly to expand the government-funded food stamps programme so it was available in every state, and was instrumental in setting up an additional scheme, The ...
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Feb 3, 2022 · 1. Shirley Chisholm had international roots. On November 30, 1924, Shirley Anita St. Hill was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Ruby Seale and Charles St. Hill. Her mother was a domestic worker who ...
Mar 26, 2024 · Former U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm's historic 1972 run for president is the subject of a new film on Netflix starting March 22. The film stars Regina King as the history-making politician ...
Mar 25, 2024 · The actress hikes in Shirley Chisholm State Park and explains why she felt moved to spend fifteen years on her Netflix bio-pic, “Shirley.”. When the actor Regina King was growing up, in Los ...
Mar 16, 2024 · At a glance, Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 campaign for president was the definition of quixotic. She was 47 years old; at the time, she had served only one term (starting in 1968) as the first Black ...
