On this day in 1972 Shirley Chisholm was nominated the Democratic presidential candidate. She was both the first Black person and woman to be nominated. She ran on the slogan “unbought and unbossed.”

With obvious challenges she called out her gender as the biggest, noting “…I met more discrimination as a woman than for being Black.”

More on Shirley:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Chisholm

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Who Was #ShirleyChisholm?

"#Chisholm is best-known for her election as the first Black woman to the House of Representatives in 1968, and for her groundbreaking campaign for the presidency which she launched in 1972. In that campaign, she asserted herself as the first Black candidate to run for a major party nomination, and the first woman to run for the Democratic nomination. Although she is best remembered for the cultural impact of her congressional and presidential campaigns, the causes and reforms she championed along the way are just as important."

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“Black male politicians are no different from white male politicians. This ‘woman thing’ is so deep. I’ve found it out in this campaign if I never knew it before.” —Shirley Chisholm, 1972

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“If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” #ShirleyChisholm
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Happy Birthday Shirley Chisholm!🙏🏿 #ShirleyChisholm #Mastodon #politics