Happy International Womenโs Day ๐
#unboughtandunbossed #shirleychisholm #InternationalWomensDay
On the 1st day of #WomensHistoryMonth , I want to honor the Unbought and Unbossed #ShirleyChisholm . A child of immigrants, teacher, and social activist, she would become the 1st woman and 1st Black person to *ever* seek a major partyโs nomination for President of the United States
Last night we supported the HigherHeights premiere and tonight we are joining people across the country watching #Shirley starring Regina King on Netflix โค๏ธ
An absolute must see!
#UnboughtAndUnbossed #Shirley Chisholm #Shirley Netflix #BlackWomenLead #FollowBackFriday #WomenLead
โRacism is so universal in this country, so widespread, and deep-seated, that it is invisible because it is so normal.โ โ #ShirleyChisholm !
โTogether, we will fight to prevent the 'Old Normal' of systemic racism from becoming our 'New Normal.โ- #MustafaSantiagoAli
Powerful words from the legendary #ShirleyChisholm : 'In the end, anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.' Let's stand united against #discrimination and embrace the beauty of #diversity . Together, we can build a
The first African American woman elected to the #UnitedStates Congress, #ShirleyChisholm died from a stroke #onthisday in 2005. #Chisholm #blackhistory #politics #trivia
#BlackHistoryMonth ย Interesting Facts
#ShirleyChisholm was an American politician who, in 1968, became the 1st black woman to be elected to the US Congress. She was the 1st black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the US.
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#OnThisDay Shirley Chisholm delivered her iconic โI am for the Equal Rights Amendmentโ speech on the floor of the House of Representatives in 1970.
#ShirleyChisholm #BlackHistory (1/2)
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#FunFactFriday
Initially, #ShirleyChisholm only hired women to work in her congressional office. And half of those women were Black women. She did eventually hire some men in her later years both in DC and in her Brooklyn district office.
