nPostednon November 30, 2014
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nThenyear was 1972.
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nShirleynChisholm took a bold step: she threw her hat in the biggest ringnthere is in the United States.
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nChisholmnbecame the first African American person to ever make a bid for anmajor party’s presidential nomination. Also, she was the first womannto ever run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.
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nInremember her candidacy. I was young, idealistic, and so excited to bena part of history. In the primary elections, my state (California)nended up giving her the largest number of votes of any other state.nStill, she ended up fourth among all the Democratic presidentialnhopefuls. n
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Ingather that she didn’t really expect to win the nomination—and shendidn’t—but she ran to demonstrate “sheer will” and hern“refusal to accept the status quo.”
Ingather that she didn’t really expect to win the nomination—and shendidn’t—but she ran to demonstrate “sheer will” and hern“refusal to accept the status quo.” n
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nAfternthe nomination of Senator George McGovern was certain, candidatenHubert Humphrey made a symbolic gesture and released all of his blackndelegates to Chisholm. Those delegates, along with all the delegatesnshe won during the primary season, made Chisholm the fourth-rankingncandidate in the Democratic Party. Not bad, considering the fact thatnshe faced impossible odds!
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nBynthe way, I talked so much about Chisholm’s brave, memorable, andnmeaningful presidential run, I neglected to say what she ran for annwon:
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nInn1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first African-American woman evernelected to Congress! She represented New York in the House ofnRepresentatives. n
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nMorenon Chisholm:
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nShen was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were immigrants fromn Caribbean island nations. Chisholm spent about seven years in n Barbados attending a strict elementary school, and for the rest ofn her life she had a slight “West Indian” accent.
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nBeforen she became a politician, Chisholm was an educator.
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nChisholmn also wrote two autobiographical books (that is, books about her ownn life). Don’t you love the titles? They are Unboughtn and Unbossedn and Then Good Fight.
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nCelebrate Shirley Chisholm!
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nChecknout some videos of and about Shirley Chisholm. Here’s one.
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nAlsonon this date:
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Anniversary of the only documented case of a meteorite hitting a humann
Anniversary of the only documented case of a meteorite hitting a humann
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nSaintnAndrew’s Day in Scotland
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nAuthornMark Twain’s birthday
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nYemen’snIndependence Day
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nBenin’snNational Day
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nAnniversarynof the discovery of a statue of Ramses II
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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