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Witness History: Shirley Chisholm - the black woman who tried to be president

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Shirley Chisholm - America's black political pioneer

27/10/2020 GMT

Shirley Chisholm - the black woman who tried to be president

BBC World Service - Witness History, Shirley Chisholm - the black woman who tried to be president

The pioneering politician who launched a run for the US presidency in 1972.

In January 1972 Shirley Chisholm became the first major-party black candidate to make a bid for the US Presidency. She was also the first black woman elected to Congress. In 2015, Farhana Haider spoke to former Congressman Charles Rangel who worked with Shirley Chisholm.

(Photo: Shirley Chisholm at the Democratic National Convention in 1972. Credit: Getty Images)

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