of California once boldly claimed that “without Shirley Chisholm, we would not even think it possible for the first Black woman to serve as vice president of the United States. Nor would we have elected the first African American man as. president of the United States.” Shirley Chisholm made waves in the sociopolitical atmosphere of the United States when she became the first Black woman to be elected to Congress. These waves became even larger when Chisholm announced her campaign for the 1972 Presidential…
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