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Shirley Chisholm 1st African American Woman elected to Congress~ born on November 30 Corporate Leadership, Shirley Chisholm, Black Leaders, Cogito Ergo Sum, History Quotes, Intersectional Feminism, A Quote, Social Justice, Human Rights

Posted on November 30, 2014 The year was 1972. Shirley Chisholm took a bold step: she threw her hat in the biggest ring there is in the United States. Chisholm became the first African American person to ever make a bid for a major party's presidential nomination. Also, she was the first woman to ever run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. I remember her candidacy. I was young, idealistic, and so excited to be a part of history. In the primary elections, my state…

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The veteran photographer and writer Art Shay cites Honoré Daumier as a longtime inspiration for his focus on civil rights, social justice, and crime. The 19th-century caricaturist “taught me to aim my predatory camera at the contumely, at snobbery, pretensions, cruelty, and the machinery of petty power,” Shay writes.

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