Witness: Witness Archive 2015
Black Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:09:00
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Synopsis
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. Witness has been speaking to Congressman Charles Rangel who worked with Shirley Chisholm. (Photo: Shirley Chisholm at the Democratic National Convention in 1972. Credit: Getty Images)