Decades before Kamala Harris broke barriers to become the first woman, first woman of color, and the first woman of south Asian heritage to become Vice President of the United States, there was Shirley Chisholm. Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968 and the first woman to seek the presidential nomination in 1972. Though her run for president fell short, her impact on women, specifically women of color in politics and culture, is immeasurable. In that, Shirley Chisholm succeeded, and in Kamala Harris, she can see the success of the road she helped pave.
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Velshi: Shirley Chisholm Was “Unbought And Unbossed" | MSNBC
Good stuff.
Beautifully Reported…
I’m old enough that I remember Shirley Chisholm and that was a woman before her time and from Kamala Harris on down, they need to thank her for paving the way and her courage in those days.
I remember Shirley Chisholm too! I think I was about 12 and my mother was so proud to vote for her. I was so proud of my mom for voting for a black woman (way back in the “old days”) and it really was a good influence on me.
Same here! Mom was a newspaper editor, often the only female in the newsroom, & ahead of the curve leading the way. They hazed her, by painting her desk, chair, & old black typewriter with pink fingernail polish.
Amen
@Julie B Perpetually blaming. History and “white racism” falls far short as an explanation for today’s issues and here is why. The fact remains that all the supposedly “racism” driven social ills that plague Black people today (crime,drugs, single mothers, dropouts etc) were far far less prevalent in the 1900’s to the 1950s despite Black people facing much much more institutional racism, segregation and prejudice than anything near to what they face today.
Blaming everything on “racism” falls very short and has tremendously failed Black people for almost a century .
@President Elect Keith bull dooky.
Original Trail Blazer !
Great post Ali Velshi.
A feisty little teacher from Brooklyn.She let us all know it was possible.
Yay Shirley Chisholm!!!!! RIP……
Maybe put a statue of Shirley Chisholm in Statuary Hall in the Capitol.
She earned it.
Good idea. Why don’t you start a petition?
As he lay in the hospital recovering from an assassin’s bullet, George Wallace received an unlikely visitor, Shirley Chisholm. “No one deserves what happened to you.”, she said. Wallace’s daughter credits that visit with beginning her father’s change regarding racial issues in the US.
Shirley Chisholm was 50 years ahead of her time, America was 100 years in the past
Shirley Chisholm was such an amazing woman.
Still is. Only progressives can bring it into this century. Great to see a PoC as a VP – just a shame it’s Kamala!
The problem with America is that its about black or white instead of being about people
@David Alexander lydiaander45@gmail.com Hun this is my gmail you can text me now
@lydia anderson
You definitely have my interest up…among other things ; )
Also the rest of the world now knows if it’s not that it’s Red or Blue instead of people
@David Alexander ok can you suggest a way we can talk more off there if you dont mind
Isn’t that the truth!
“If they don’t invite you at the table, bring your own folding chair” Brilliant!
She would have been a great president.
u dirty librat
@Dennis Vance you’re a loser and Trump tool, congratulations.
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
Let us all bring a folding chair, then…
We’re bringing our own GD table.
Yea!!!
Ali, great reporting. Wish it was longer.
Good to remember Shirley Chisholm, today. Good job, Ali.
Shirley Chisholm is an inspiration.
I am old enough to remember her, she was so dignified, what a power house!
It is wonderful and well done her for all she’s accomplished – and the USA for this breakthrough. Mind you in a 2021 why this is still to be remarkable should have one pause and reflect.