Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress, was born in Brooklyn, New York, to immigrant parents from Barbados and Guyana. Elected in 1968, she represented New York’s 12th Congressional District and was a fierce advocate for education, civil rights, and social justice. In 1972, she made history again as the first Black woman to seek a major party’s nomination for President of the United States, running under the slogan “Unbought and Unbossed.”
Her legacy continues to inspire generations of leaders and changemakers.
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