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Article: This week in black history.(Shirley Chisholm runs in presidential elections)(Janelle Penny Commissiong wins Miss Universe)(Brief article)(Biography)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- July 17, 2006
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July 12, 1972-
Shirley Chisholm was the first Black, male or female, to actively campaign for presidency within the two-party system on this day. She came in fourth at the Democratic National Convention that year, garnering 152 democratic delegates. Born in Brooklyn, she graduated cum laude from Brooklyn College and got her master's from Columbia University. Her career started as a nursery school teacher; she later became an educational consultant with the Bureau of Child Welfare in New York City. In 1964, she successfully ran for the New York State Assembly. Chisholm, in 1968, became the first Black woman elected to Congress. She later told the story of her life ...
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