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flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)vote no.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)My mother and I were going to the local A&P supermarket. Ms. Chisolm called out to my mom before we got inside the store. My mom turned around and said hello, they had a small conversation and my mother introduced me to her. My mom and dad both knew her.
niyad
(112,438 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,076 posts)bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm of Brooklyn announces her entry for Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1972. Photo by Don Hogan Charles/New York Times Co./Getty Images
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)I didn't think a woman and a black woman at that had a chance.
I've since learned that's not the best way to choose a candidste. No matter who dems choose, GOP will ALWAYS find something to attack with any dem.
Donkees
(31,089 posts)November 14, 2018
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After Representatives Yvette Clarke and Hakeem Jeffries introduced a resolution last week acknowledging the 50th anniversary of former Brooklyn Congresswoman Shirley Chisholms election to Congress, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday that he will present a companion bill to the Senate, reports Kings County Politics.
Clarke and Jeffries introduced legislation on November 5, to posthumously award the Brooklyn trailblazer the Congressional Gold Medal, the nations highest civilian honor; the bill also calls for the erection of a statue of her in the Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Chisholm was the first African-American elected to Congress in 1968. Just four years later, she would also become the first woman and African American to run for president.
https://www.bkreader.com/2018/11/14/bklyn-pols-seek-to-recognize-shirley-chisholm-with-nations-highest-honor/
Rhiannon12866
(203,041 posts)A group of dignitaries came to town and my Dad was part of a group that showed them around. He was assigned to Shirley Chisholm and wasn't initially sure what to make of her - but he soon learned that she was smart and funny and he followed her career from then on. Whenever her name came up, he liked to remember that day he spent with her, always with a smile...