The Shirley Chisholm Project of
Brooklyn Women’s Activism from 1945 to the Present
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
Who Was Shirley Chisholm?
Immediately she plunged into activism with a variety of educational, religious, immigrant, community, political, and social organizations. In 1964, she was elected to the New York State Assembly and in 1968 was the first African American woman elected to Congress (from Brooklyn’s twelfth congressional district). In 1972 she was the first African American and the first woman to mount a serious campaign for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the US. She received 151 delegate votes. A left of center Democrat, a feminist, internationalist she championed the rights of the economically and racially marginalized and was an ardent supporter of child care and education for all.
From The Jim Pitts Collection
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