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GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jan-2022 07:42:57 EST GeniusMusing
Shirley Chisholm: The first black woman to run for US president BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-60090476
>Shirley Chisholm announced her intention to run for the US presidency on 25 January 1972 . She became the first major-party black candidate to run for America's highest office.
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>Witness History spoke to Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who was inspired to enter politics after working on Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm's 1972 campaign.
The video at link above is pretty interesting.
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