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📅January 25, 1972:
👩🏿Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005), who died at the age of 80, was the first African American elected to Congress. She served for seven terms (1969-1983).
🇺🇸Her historic announcement to run for president as she was the first African American woman to do so.
👩🏿Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005), who died at the age of 80, was the first African American elected to Congress. She served for seven terms (1969-1983).
🇺🇸Her historic announcement to run for president as she was the first African American woman to do so.
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗
No one thought Shirley Chisholm would last more than a couple of months, but at the 1972 Democratic Nat'l Convention, she received 152 delegate votes—10% of the total—amazing considering her skimpy campaign war chest.
No one thought Shirley Chisholm would last more than a couple of months, but at the 1972 Democratic Nat'l Convention, she received 152 delegate votes—10% of the total—amazing considering her skimpy campaign war chest.
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
Next year, the city of New York will erect not one—but two—statues in her honor near where she grew up in #Brooklyn #NewYork.
archpaper.com/2018/12/shirle…
Next year, the city of New York will erect not one—but two—statues in her honor near where she grew up in #Brooklyn #NewYork.
archpaper.com/2018/12/shirle…
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
The first Shirley Chisholm statue will be designed by Sterling Brown, Jr. in conjunction with the Crown Heights North Ass'n. It will be installed in July 2019 in Brower Park.
A maquette was unveiled 12/18.
bklyner.com/chisholm-gets-…
The first Shirley Chisholm statue will be designed by Sterling Brown, Jr. in conjunction with the Crown Heights North Ass'n. It will be installed in July 2019 in Brower Park.
A maquette was unveiled 12/18.
bklyner.com/chisholm-gets-…
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
The second is scheduled to be installed outside the Parkside entrance of Prospect Park in 2020. The artist has not yet been announced for this project.
The second is scheduled to be installed outside the Parkside entrance of Prospect Park in 2020. The artist has not yet been announced for this project.
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
🇺🇸Al Sharpton honored her on first day of Black History month. #BlackHistoryMonth
"Shirley Chisholm embodies a lot of what we’re seeing on the political landscape today.
🇺🇸Al Sharpton honored her on first day of Black History month. #BlackHistoryMonth
"Shirley Chisholm embodies a lot of what we’re seeing on the political landscape today.
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
Al Sharpton:...I was honored; I was 17 years old & I was one of the youth organizers for the presidential campaign. & what people don’t understand is she not only fought against the anti-woman, sexist, monogamist/AP Photo/Bill Hudson
Al Sharpton:...I was honored; I was 17 years old & I was one of the youth organizers for the presidential campaign. & what people don’t understand is she not only fought against the anti-woman, sexist, monogamist/AP Photo/Bill Hudson
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
Al Sharpton: ...view in the broader society, she fought it among black politicians that would not support her because they said ‘I’m not supporting a woman’ & they went with George McGovern against her in the primary.
Kadir Nelson
Al Sharpton: ...view in the broader society, she fought it among black politicians that would not support her because they said ‘I’m not supporting a woman’ & they went with George McGovern against her in the primary.
Kadir Nelson
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
Al Sharpton:…She was very, very, determined, very dignified, her theme was “unbought and unbossed” and that is why I think she has earned a place in history, that should be in many ways raised because she taught women...
Maquette👇🏿
Al Sharpton:…She was very, very, determined, very dignified, her theme was “unbought and unbossed” and that is why I think she has earned a place in history, that should be in many ways raised because she taught women...
Maquette👇🏿
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
Al Sharpton: ...she taught blacks, she taught the nation if you do not bow or cower to people that look down upon you because of your sex or because of your race. Shirley Chisholm told us to ‘know our value'"
Al Sharpton: ...she taught blacks, she taught the nation if you do not bow or cower to people that look down upon you because of your sex or because of your race. Shirley Chisholm told us to ‘know our value'"
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
Via @washingtonpost When Congresswoman Barbara Lee was a student at Mills College in Oakland, CA, she told Chisholm that she was about to flunk a political science class because it required her to volunteer for a presidential campaign
Via @washingtonpost When Congresswoman Barbara Lee was a student at Mills College in Oakland, CA, she told Chisholm that she was about to flunk a political science class because it required her to volunteer for a presidential campaign
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
Via @washingtonpost Lee thought all the candidates were men & she didn’t think electoral politics were the solution to issues affecting black communities. Lee told her professor to give her an F.
Via @washingtonpost Lee thought all the candidates were men & she didn’t think electoral politics were the solution to issues affecting black communities. Lee told her professor to give her an F.
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
👩🏿🎓Lee invited Chisholm to speak to her class about being the first black woman in Congress—not knowing about Chisholm’s presidential bid—because of poor media coverage.
Don Hogan Charles/New York Times Co./Getty Images
👩🏿🎓Lee invited Chisholm to speak to her class about being the first black woman in Congress—not knowing about Chisholm’s presidential bid—because of poor media coverage.
Don Hogan Charles/New York Times Co./Getty Images
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
🗳🗳🗳Current Rep. Barbara Lee recalled: "Chisholm asked me: 'Little girl, are you registered to vote?' And I said, ‘No, I’m not going to’ and she really let me have it about the importance of voting.”
🗳🗳🗳Current Rep. Barbara Lee recalled: "Chisholm asked me: 'Little girl, are you registered to vote?' And I said, ‘No, I’m not going to’ and she really let me have it about the importance of voting.”
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
Via @washingtonpost Lee ended up helping organize Chisholm’s Northern California campaign effort. She said she got an A in the class and went to that year’s Democratic National Convention in Miami as one of Chisholm’s 152 delegates.
Via @washingtonpost Lee ended up helping organize Chisholm’s Northern California campaign effort. She said she got an A in the class and went to that year’s Democratic National Convention in Miami as one of Chisholm’s 152 delegates.
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
Via @washingtonpost Rep. Barbara Lee: “Shirley became a close friend & a mentor,” said Lee, who started her political career in 1990 in California State Assembly and was elected to Congress in 1998, representing parts of the Bay Area.
Via @washingtonpost Rep. Barbara Lee: “Shirley became a close friend & a mentor,” said Lee, who started her political career in 1990 in California State Assembly and was elected to Congress in 1998, representing parts of the Bay Area.
𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 & 𝗨𝗡𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 (CONT'D)
Via @washingtonpost Rep. Barbara Lee: Chisholm “taught me a lot and I saw how she operated with those guys in D.C. and had to fight her way into everything and stood her ground.”
Via @washingtonpost Rep. Barbara Lee: Chisholm “taught me a lot and I saw how she operated with those guys in D.C. and had to fight her way into everything and stood her ground.”
@washingtonpost February is the shortest month so only fitting that #BlackHistoryMonth goes into a few days in March, right?
@washingtonpost 🖼Image of the inscription on Shirley Chisholm's vault in the Oakwood Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, which reads: "Unbought and Unbossed."
Photo by: Alan Brownsten
#BlackHistoryMonth
#WomensHistoryMonth
Photo by: Alan Brownsten
#BlackHistoryMonth
#WomensHistoryMonth
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