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markie

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Thu Feb 9, 2023, 09:11 AM Feb 2023

Vermont's BHM Series #9

https://mailchi.mp/vermont/bhm-series-2023-day-9?e=a7bb0cc475


"Today, we honor Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first woman and Black American to seek the nomination for U.S. President from one of the two dominant political parties. Her motto said it all: “Unbought and unbossed.” She faithfully served 7 terms in Congress and endured incredible and constant discrimination because she was a woman and because she was Black. Despite this, she was determined to advocate for justice at any cost. In fact, it was she who said the following....."





https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/shirley-chisholm

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