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Shirley Chisholm
Posted inBlack History Month

Feb 4: Black History Maker, Shirley Chisholm

by Brooklyn Reader February 4, 2020January 28, 2021

As the first African-American woman elected to Congress, and the first woman and African American to seek the Democratic presidential nomination, Shirley Chisholm was a true trailblazer who remained Unbought […]

Shirley Chisholm
Posted inBlack History Month

Feb 4: Black History Maker, Shirley Chisholm

by Brooklyn Reader February 4, 2019January 28, 2021

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