From Zinn Education Project: On Jan. 25, 1972, Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, opened her historic campaign for President becoming the first major-party African-American candidate to make a bid for the U.S. presidency. A champion of equity in education and employment throughout her tenure in Congress, Chisholm was also a vocal opponent of the U.S. military draft. After leaving Congress in 1983, she taught at Mount Holyoke College and was popular on the lecture circuit. See the film Chisholm 72 Unbought and Unbosed bit.ly/1CSNeoF Image: Lolly Eggers Papers, Iowa Women’s Archives
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