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‘Shirley Chisholm Day’ Announced By New York City To Honor Her Legacy As First Black Congresswoman
She represented Brooklyn’s 12th Congressional District from 1969 to 1983 for a total of ... “As a native New Yorker, Shirley Chisholm dedicated much of her life to serving the people of ...
A Timeline of Shirley Chisholm’s Historic Career
As seen in Shirley, Chisholm became the first Black woman to be elected to Congress, representing New York’s 12th District ...
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With a nod to her mentor Shirley Chisholm, Rep. Barbara Lee exits Congress as a renegade herself
awarding the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to her mentor and friend Shirley Chisholm, another trailblazer — the first Black woman elected to Congress, joining in 1969, who went on to ...