southernsideofme: alwaysbewoke:Happy Birthday Shirley Chisholm. dglsplsblg:dglsplsblg:Shi
southernsideofme: alwaysbewoke: Happy Birthday Shirley Chisholm. dglsplsblg: dglsplsblg: Shirley Chisholm Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York’s 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to Congress. On January 25, 1972, she became the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. “I want history to remember me not just as the first black woman to be elected to Congress, not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and dared to be herself.” On this date, July 13, in 1972 Shirley Chisholm received 152 first-ballot votes at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. She was the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. During her campaign she survived three assassination attempts. Legend. -- source link