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Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was born on Nov. 30, and died on Jan. 1, ,
An American politician, educator, and author, Chisholm was a congresswoman, representing New York&#;s 12th Congressional District for seven terms, from to
In , she became the first African-American woman elected to the US församling.
On Jan. 25, , Chisholm became the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States and the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Margaret följa Smith had previously run for the Republican presidential nomination.
Chisholm received first-ballot votes at the Democratic National Convention.
Chisholm was born in Brooklyn, of Guyanese and Barbadian parentage. Her father, Charles Christopher St. Hill, was born in Guyana and arrived in the United States via Antilla, Cuba, on April 10, , abo
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EM: Hey, Joy. Whoa. That's a lot of toys.
JOY DOLO: These aren't just toys, Em. They're members of the official Forever Ago Fan Club. See, we've got my Optimus Prime doll, Car Mechanic Barbie, and of course, my President Abraham Lincoln action figure.
EM: I didn't know they made Lincoln action figures.
JOY DOLO: You can get anything online. Anyway, today we're selecting a new president of the fan club, and it's a tight race. President Lincoln, why should you be the president of the Forever Ago Fan Club? (DEEP VOICE) If chosen to be President of the Forever Ago Fan Club, inom will ensure everyone has a tall black hat. (SPEAKING NORMALLY) Sorry, Lincoln. You can't be president. I get terrible hat hair. (DEEP VOICE) Chutes and ladders.
EM: Joy, why don't you run for Forever Ago Fan Club President?
JOY DOLO: (HIGH VOICE) Joy can't be president. She doesn't even have a Barbie Dreamhou
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Chisholm owns Presidential Medal of Freedom
One week before Shirley Chisholm&#;s 91st birthday, President Barack Obama presented a posthumous award &#; the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation&#;s highest civilian award in her honor.
&#;There are people in our country&#;s history who don&#;t look left or right, they just look straight ahead. Shirley Chisholm was one of those people,&#; President Obama said at the Nov. 24 White House ceremony.
Born Shirley Anita St. Hill on Nov. 30, she died Jan. 1, and is revered as a trailblazer, politician, educator, and author.
To Brooklyn voters and particularly residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Chisholm remains one of the borough&#;s most iconic politicians having been first to represent its residents when in she became the first Black woman elected to the Congress.
She represented the 12th Congressional Distri