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Shirley Anita Chisholm was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1972, she became the first black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States and…
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Born 30 November 1924 · Died 1 January 2005 · Q239657
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“What do you think about this current political climate? Do you think that there will be more obstacles that will be set up to-so that people cannot penetrate and get those particular rights?”
“in spite of hopeless odds ... to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo”
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NYS Music: New York Series: Samara Joy’s Shirley Chisholm-Inspired “Why I’m Here”
Mafab.hu: Shirley Chisholm – Versenyben a Fehér Házért
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News 12 Networks: Shirley Chisholm Center in East Flatbush set to open this fall with free access for children
Yahoo: Trailblazing politician Shirley Chisholm is awarded Congress' highest honor
Rolling Out: Kamala Harris honors Shirley Chisholm with Congressional Gold Medal
Essence: Shirley Chisholm’s Legacy Lives On: Congress Passes Bill To Posthumously Honor Her With Congressional Gold Medal
New York Daily News: NYC establishes ‘Shirley Chisholm Day’ to honor trailblazing New Yorker
Newsweek: Kamala Harris Is Carrying on Shirley Chisholm’s Legacy | Opinion
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Barack Obama (2015).
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The Shirley Chisholm Forever Stamp was issued
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The first biography of Chisholm for an adult audience was published, Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for Change, by Brooklyn College history professor Barbara Winslow, who was also the founder and first director of the Shirle
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The film was announced as a winner of a Peabody Award
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After the renaming legislation passed the U
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At her home in Ormond Beach, Florida; her health had been in decline after she had suffered a series of small strokes the previous summer
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Died 2005-01-01.
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Scholar Molefi Kete Asante included Shirley Chisholm on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans
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Awarded honorary doctorate presented by San Diego State University (1999).
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("Clinton is the president, I still voted for Shirley Chisholm") and LL Cool J in 2006 ("George Bush is the Prez, but I voted for Shirley Chisholm")
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Awarded honorary doctorate presented by Stetson University (1996).
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Chisholm was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by Stetson University, in Deland, Florida
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Awarded National Women's Hall of Fame (1993).
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President Bill Clinton nominated her to be United States Ambassador to Jamaica, but she could not serve due to poor health, and the nomination was withdrawn
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Was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame
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Awarded honorary doctorate presented by East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (1991).
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Chisholm was the commencement speaker at East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, where she received the first-ever conferred honorary doctorate from the university
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Chisholm, along with 15 other black women and men, formed African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom
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Awarded honorary doctorate presented by Kalamazoo College (1985).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the Howard University (1983).
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And taught at Mount Holyoke College while continuing her political organizing
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Awarded Phoenix Award (1982).
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Awarded honorary degree from Spelman College (1982).
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Chisholm was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Mount Holyoke College
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Career landmark: United States representative (1981–1983).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1979–1981).
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By Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm and her colleagues, the Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute (SCCI) exists to "preserve the legacy of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm through the initiatives cultivated during her public s
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To replace the school where Chisholm received her elementary education, was renamed the Shirley Chisholm Primary School
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And New York mayor in 1977; failing to support the young feminist Elizabeth Holtzman's successful primary challenge to the aging congressional incumbent Emanuel Celler in 1972; and remaining neutral during longtime Afric
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Awarded honorary doctorate presented by Smith College (1975).
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Chisholm was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Smith College
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Career landmark: United States representative (1975–1977).
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Awarded honorary doctorate presented by Aquinas College (1974).
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Chisholm was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by Aquinas College and was their commencement speaker
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Awarded Ladies' Home Journal Women of the Year (1973).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1973–1975).
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“Who knows? It took a little black woman, Harriet Tubman, to lead three hundred of her people out of slavery; it required another little black woman, Rosa Parks, to say she was tired of going to the back of the bus for a seat, and this act of very real courage precipitated the Montgomery bus boycott, which was a turning point in the civil rights struggle. It may take another little black woman to bring us together' in these troubled times of war and worry.”
“What do you consider to be your greatest legislative victory?”
In a Baptist church in her district in Brooklyn
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Or won three states overall, with New Jersey, Louisiana and Mississippi being so identified
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Became the first black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination
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Campaign: 1972 presidential election.
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Chisholm served as a founding member of both the Congressional Black Caucus and the National Women's Political Caucus
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Career landmark: United States representative (1971–1973).
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Awarded honorary degree presented by North Carolina Central University (1969).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1969–1971).
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Career landmark: United States representative (1969–1983).
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Became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress
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Career landmark: member of the New York State Assembly (1965–1968).
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Overcoming resistance because she was a woman, she was elected to the New York State Assembly
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Chisholm joined a new organization, the Unity Democratic Club (UDC), led by former Flagg campaign member Thomas R
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But ran again two years later and won, becoming Brooklyn's second black assemblyman
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When she joined Wesley "Mac" Holder's effort to elect Lewis Flagg Jr
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Studied at Teachers College, Master of Arts (1951).
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And he later became a private investigator who specialized in negligence-based lawsuits
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Studied at Brooklyn College (1946).
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Majoring in sociology and minoring in Spanish (a language that she would employ at times during her political career)
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Attended Girls' High School in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, a highly regarded, integrated school that attracted girls from throughout Brooklyn
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Studied at Girls' High School (1939).
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Arriving in New York on May 19 aboard the SS Nerissa
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Born 1924-11-30.
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